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5 Writing Exercises That Will Make You More Creative

5 Writing Exercises That Will Make You More Creative
An Example: ... will mean nothing to you here, because it would be a tangential spin-off of a supporting character from a project that you don't know even know that I'm working on. That's like four different ways for you to not give a shit, so let's just fill this space with a man trying to kill the ground with an explosive sledgehammer. Do try to not look disappointed. Thomas Northcut/Photodisc/Getty Are you sick of dealing with your project? Don't worry, there's an easy fix: Just steal somebody else's work! Remember: They can only prosecute if you try to use it. "Whatever," RoboCop said, "I didn't want to come here anyway." "That's a great attitude," Officer Lewis snapped. "I wanted to stay home and watch TV!" "Well, you can't, OK? "What?!" "I guess you won't," Officer Lewis answered coolly. RoboCop heaved a defeated sigh and, rolling his eyes, put fifty 9mm rounds into Boddicker's gut. "There," RoboCop said. "I am," Officer Lewis laughed. "Whatever," RoboCop answered.

Master Your “Body Clock” to Eat, Sleep, and Work More Efficiently Seventh Sanctum How to Fix 11 of the Most Common Household Appliance Problems WriteWorld Pack for Chrome 2013: Our List of the Best Extensions Nerdy Goings-On wan\ˈwän\ adjective : looking sick or pale : having a weak quality Full Definition 1 a : suggestive of poor health : sickly, pallid b : lacking vitality : feeble 2 : dim, faint 3 : languid Other forms: wan·ner; wan·nest wan·ly adverb wan·ness \ˈwän-nəs\ noun Origin: Middle English, from Old English wann dark, livid. First use: 14th century Synonyms: ashen, ashy, blanched, cadaverous, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, paled, pallid, pasty, peaked, pale Antonyms: blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine semiotics -ˈä-tiks\ noun : the study of signs and symbols and how they are used Full Definition : a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics Other forms: plural - semiotics semiotic - adjective se·mi·o·ti·cian -ə-ˈti-shən\ noun Well what do you know. plaintive \ˈplān-tiv\ fist·i·cuffs \ˈfis-ti-ˌkəfs\ noun

How to Trick Your Brain to Create a New Healthy Habit A Lackadaisical Lexicon for Laggard Logophiles [noun] 1. a ruler or manager. 2. a person in charge of a particular area. Etymology: Latin gerent- (stem of gerēns), present participle of gerere, “to bear, conduct, manage”, equivalent to ger-, “bear”. [Tony Sandoval - King] [adjective] 1. to scatter or adorn with stars. 2. Etymology: from Latin stēllāris, “of or pertaining to a star”. [Catrin Welz-Stein - Star Sailor] [adverb] 1. temporarily; for the time being. 2. temporary; lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent. Etymology: from the Latin phrase; pro tempore. [Iren Horrors - Belle] 1. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. 2. an anomalous person or thing; one that is abnormal or does not fit in. 3. an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc. 4. an incongruity or inconsistency. 5. 6. 7. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity, oddity, aberration. [Daniel Martin Diaz - Mutation Machine] [verb] 1. to have an earnest or strong desire; long. [Ania Mohrbacher - Longing] [verb]

Challenge Winner: Control Everything In Your Home with Your Voice Five Custom Searches You Should Enable In Your Browser Right Now Sure! So I made a js scriptlet that can be used to enhance any normal search url with a lot more wildcards and hosted it here Just like a normal search url you put the url at the front (replace the url variable with the new one you want) and put in wildcards for where you want dynamic text inserted. However, instead of just getting %s afterwards you get 7 now: %e = enterred text (except ending w, t, or c) %h = highlighted text on page %q = search string (equivalent to (%h %e).trim()) %d = domain of current page %u = full url of current page %t = title of current page %l = current location (format is '{curr lat} {curr long}') This allows you to make some pretty nifty search engines. www[dot]google[dot]com/maps? Map all things that match {typed or highlighted text} near me now www[dot]google[dot]com/maps? Give me directions from where I am now to {typed or highlighted text} www[dot]downforeveryoneorjustme[dot]com/%(q||d) Check if the site is down.

Four More Custom Searches You Should Enable In Your Browser Right Now Forgive me, total noob with these using Chrome. I can't get any of them to work. 1. I pasted the following, into "Add a new search engine" named it Google Cache, keyword:cache.

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