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May 12, 2005

List: Things Heard During John Cage’s Folsom Prison Performance of “4’33”."

AARON BURCH, CHRISTOPHER MONKS, ELIZABETH ELLEN, JENSEN WHELAN, JIM RULAND, MATTHEW SIMMONS, MELISSA BELL, PASHA MALLA and STEVEN SEIGHMAN
February 16, 2005

List: Ways Jesus Saves

AARON BURCH, CHRISTOPHER MONKS, ELIZABETH ELLEN, JENSEN WHELAN, LAURA CARNEY, MATTHEW SIMMONS, MELISSA BELL, PASHA MALLA and STEVEN SEIGHMAN
October 1, 2004

List: Really Boring Books for Children

MELISSA BELL
May 3, 2004

List: My Heart Belongs to Puff Daddy: Proposed New Names for Sean “P. Diddy” Combs in Honor of St. Valentine’s Day

MELISSA BELL
October 27, 2003

Creepy Clown under the Bed’s Telepathic Message to Child in Bed, Age Five and a Half

MELISSA BELL
January 7, 2002

List: Foods and Beverages That Are Bad for You

MELISSA BELL
November 5, 2001

List: Nine Words Probably Not Ever Found in Personal Ads

MELISSA BELL

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