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Latest addition: October 31, 2009

  1. Topical chains: Railroads and Television
  2. The Shepherd of Hermas
  3. Timequake, by Kurt Vonnegut
  4. Topical chains: Bombs, Firearms, and Voodoo
  5. a quote from the obituary of Rev. Aengus Finucane
  6. Deadeye Dick, by Kurt Vonnegut
  7. a quote from the Outswimming the Sharks column by Harvey Mackay
  8. from Bible reading: Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Apocalyptic Esdras, I Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees
  9. a previously omitted quote from Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand
  10. Lili Marlene, by Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller
  11. a quote from the comic strip Knight Life, by Keith Knight
  12. Topical chains: Maturity, Respectability, Social Darwinism, and Swearing
  13. another quote from the comic strip Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson
  14. from Bible reading: 2 Chronicles and the Prayer of Manasseh
  15. another quote from a newspaper column by James Lileks

    September, 2009

  16. Topical chains: Advertising, Bertrand Russell, Bigotry, Complacency, Opinions, and Vietnam War
  17. from Bible reading: Job, the Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes
  18. Problems of Knowledge and Freedom, by Noam Chomsky
  19. quotes from a newspaper op-ed by Rod Dreher
  20. a quote from a newspaper op-ed by Meghan Daum
  21. from Bible reading: Psalms, Proverbs, Tobit and Judith
  22. quotes from a column by Paul Krugman

    August, 2009

  23. The Sirens of Titan and Galápagos, by Kurt Vonnegut
  24. The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett
  25. another quote from the comic strip One Big Happy, by Rick Detorie
  26. Topical chains: Astrology, Cats, Evolution, Experiment, Gambling, Great beginnings, Hot dogs, Savages, and Suspended animation
  27. a quote from a Los Angeles Times editorial
  28. Category: time travel
  29. The Door into Summer, by Robert A. Heinlein
  30. another quote from a newspaper column by James Lileks
  31. another quote from a newspaper column by Nick Coleman

    July, 2009

  32. from Bible reading: Amos, Jonah, Micah, Habakkuk, Malachi, John, I John, Revelation, and some New Testament notes
  33. another quote from a newspaper column by James Lileks
  34. Life of Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht
  35. a quote from an old, reprinted Minneapolis Tribune editorial
  36. from Bible reading: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Ephesians, Colossians, I Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus
  37. another quote from a Michael Gerson newspaper column

    June, 2009

  38. another quote from a newspaper column by James Lileks
  39. another quote from The Old Scout, Garrison Keillor’s newspaper column
  40. another quote from the comic strip Pearls Before Swine, by Stephan Pastis
  41. from Bible reading: I Kings, Isaiah, Luke, Acts
  42. Topical chain: Natural law
  43. a quote from a Syl Jones newspaper column
  44. a quote from the Tell Me About It advice column, by Carolyn Hax
  45. a quote from a Star Tribune news article
  46. from Bible reading: I and 2 Samuel, Romans
  47. Topical chains: Exclamation marks and the Resurrection
  48. Some previously-missed quotes for which I found uses, from:
  49. another quote from a column by David Brooks

    May, 2009

  50. from Bible reading: Joshua, Judges, I Corinthians, and 2 Corinthians
  51. a new quote from the Star Tribune “Tidbits” column, by Al Sicherman (Mr. Tidbit)
  52. from Bible reading: Deuteronomy, Galatians, Philippians, I Thessalonians, Philemon, and a previously missed quote from Mark
  53. Topical chains: the Equinoxes, Magna Carta, and Spiders
  54. Nation, by Terry Pratchett
  55. Topical chain: Oaths
  56. another quote from the comic strip Pickles, by Brian Crane
  57. The Teapot Dome Scandal, by Laton McCartney
  58. from Bible reading: Leviticus, Numbers, the Gospel according to Matthew
  59. another quote from the Baby Blues comic strip, by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

    April, 2009

  60. from Bible reading: Exodus and the letter to the Hebrews
  61. Occam’s Razor, by David Duncan
  62. from Bible reading: Genesis and the letter of James
  63. more quotes from comic strips:
  64. another quote from a newspaper column by Michael Gerson
  65. quotes from a newspaper column by Susan Campbell
  66. Topical chains: Clowns, Culture, Genocide, Pity, Hunter Thompson, and Unicorns
  67. Wampeters Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions), by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  68. another quote from the comic strip Pickles, by Brian Crane
  69. Category: the Bible
  70. the first and second Letters of Peter
  71. the Gospel according to Mark
  72. another quote from the Doonesbury comic strip, by Garry Trudeau
  73. another quote from the Baby Blues comic strip, by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

    March, 2009

  74. Category: papal encyclicals
  75. Fides et Ratio, encyclical letter of Pope John Paul II
  76. another quote from the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles Schultz
  77. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
  78. Topical chain: Privacy
  79. another slice from The Onion
  80. another quote from the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles Schultz

    February, 2009

  81. The Pogo Papers (previously represented by one stray quote), by Walt Kelly
  82. Spe Salvi, encyclical letter by Pope Benedict XVI
  83. Topical chains: Heaven and Hell (split off from one covering both), and Self-denial
  84. The Weight of Glory and other addresses, by C. S. Lewis
  85. another quote from the comic strip Arlo ’n’ Janis, by Jimmy Johnson
  86. Topical chains: Cannon, Censors, Conscription, Editors, Money, Obscenity, and Verisimilitude
  87. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
  88. Hocus Pocus, by Kurt Vonnegut
  89. The Third Man and The Fallen Idol, by Graham Greene
  90. Four Souls, by Louise Erdrich
  91. a quote from a newspaper item by Joel Stein

    January, 2009

  92. quotes from another column by David Brooks
  93. another quote from a newspaper column by James Lileks
  94. Topical chains: Cities and Ladders
  95. another quote from a newspaper column by James Lileks
  96. another quote from the comic strip Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson

    December, 2008

  97. another quote from a David Brooks column
  98. another slice from The Onion (this time producing one of the least likely conjunctions of two topical threads yet seen)
  99. an op-ed piece by Craig Childs
  100. another classic Peanuts comic strip, by Charles Schultz
  101. an op-ed piece by William Ayers
  102. another item from the News of the Weird column, by Chuck Shepherd
  103. Topical chain: Classification
  104. Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White
  105. Third, a play by Wendy Wasserstein

    November, 2008

  106. Category: Indigenous Americans (fiction)
  107. The Night Birds, by Thomas Maltman
  108. another quote from the Star Tribune weather column by Paul Douglas
  109. another article from The Onion
  110. a Star Tribune news item

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