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Tumbling Dice by
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Prompted By Dice

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Board games with dice, mah jongg with dice, and the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York.
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From Conservative Cal Poly to San Jose State by
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Prompted By Protests

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My protests at San Jose State. After two years at California’s very conservative college, Cal Poly SLO, I went to San Jose State to get a more complete education, including some political action .
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Second Choice by
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Prompted By Prom

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I was not a “cool” kid in high school, and, though I had run through a fair number of dates, I never had a long-term boyfriend. As prom time approached my senior year, I desperately wanted to attend that rite of passage, but things were not looking good. My two best friends had been in…
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SUN TAVERN DISCOTECH 1975 by
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Prompted By Dance Crazes

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Written in response to Disco Inferno
MY LIFE AS Dj discOworm from 1974 to 1976 at the 'SUN TAVERN' Salt Lake City, Utah'
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Where Have All the Snow Days Gone? by
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Prompted By Snow Day

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I don’t remember snow days when I was in school. That’s because school never closed for snow or cold winter days. We had warm hats, scarves, mittens, boots, and snowsuits. Think Ralph’s little brother in A Christmas Story. And we walked to and from school. So, it’s no surprise that I pulled my three little…
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Two of a Kind by
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(41 Stories)

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Me, I’ve Lived in Dreams by
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(50 Stories)

Prompted By Daydreaming

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Dreams may not be real, but sometimes they can help get us through heartache. And sometimes they can even come true.
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Give Me Just A Little More Time by
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(302 Stories)

Prompted By Exams

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Wow, blue books! So many memories! I considered calling the story “Blank Space” — because there was always a lot more blank space than writing in my blue books — but figured this crowd wouldn’t know the Taylor Swift song, so I went with a 1970 song that applies equally well to my exam-taking experience.…
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Summertime… by
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(34 Stories)

Prompted By That Summer

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While we were practicing parking, the brakes went out on my dad's Buick LeSabre! 
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Wild Things We Are by
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Prompted By Banned Books

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"I had a stormy rant ready, but...."
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