The Imagined Universe

The innards of the paper shredder were lying in front of me.� They seemed fine.� All right, all right, I really would have no way of knowing if anything was malfunctioning.� I couldn’t recognize a single part.� But I was looking for broken wires, debris, black smoke or, as a wild guess, insects.� There was [...]

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The sudden sharp cry of a bird shatters the silence and makes her look up.� She cannot see the bird, it is hidden behind the six foot tall rushes that border the pond.� So she goes back to deweeding the perennial bed.� The bird too, falls silent and soon, the drone of the bees and [...]

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My recycling bin doesn’t like its job.  It is also not afraid to say so.
Every week, I put out the recycle bin on the street.  Plastics, cans, card board, paper, all go into this bright blue bin and get picked up by the garbage disposal truck.
But my recycling bin keeps running away.  Sometimes it attempts [...]

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Popcorn smells of movie theaters.� It smells of excitement and joy and simple pleasure.
These days I seem to prefer watching movies at home.�� Especially the desi movies.� For all the desi movies I have watched seem to follow a few unwritten rules:
(i)� The movie should only be aired on the one weekend when it is [...]

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I eat a good breakfast every morning.� I always select multi-grain, whole wheat bread.� You would think I was on a healthy diet, right?� No, apparently not.
The New York Times tells me that I am doing it all wrong.� A better strategy, it tells me, is to throw out my toaster.� Not just my toaster, [...]

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How do you decorate your living room?� Do you use potted plants, or beautiful sculptures?� Do you have artwork on the walls and Tiffany lamps in the corners?
We use remotes.� TV remotes, DVD remotes, satellite dish remotes, old VCR remotes.� The ceiling fan�s remote control, the fireplace�s remote.
We place our remotes on every table and [...]

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