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My Own Private
Shock Corridor
Bob Schneider is a recovering screenwriter and a compulsive footnoter.1 He has a row house in Brooklyn near a park and a subway but rarely leaves the basement. He likes movies, hockey, tacos, and flying business class. He has one wife, two kids, and a bank account in the mid-three figures.
1Though he has nothing to add here, he believes form demands a footnote.
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August 24, 2016My Own Private Shock Corridor: My Ontological Argument: Part 2 — In a Lonely Place
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July 20, 2016My Own Private Shock Corridor: Whistling In the Dark, Part 2
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June 9, 2016My Own Private Shock Corridor: Whistling in the Dark, Part 1
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May 2, 2016My Own Private Shock Corridor: My Ontological Argument: Part 1 — Shadow of a Doubt
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March 25, 2016My Own Private Shock Corridor: The Inciting Incident, Part III
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January 25, 2016My Own Private Shock Corridor: The Inciting Incident, Part II: In the Beginning…
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December 2, 2015My Own Private Shock Corridor: The Inciting Incident
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September 22, 2015My Own Private Shock Corridor: The Situational Ethicist
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August 6, 2015My Own Private Shock Corridor: My Own Personal Rom-Com
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June 25, 2015My Own Private Shock Corridor: A Night in Berkeley
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May 21, 2015My Own Private Shock Corridor: Leaving Looney Bin
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April 8, 2015My Own Private Shock Corridor: One of the Eight Million Stories in the Naked City
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