20 Things About Me
Click here to read all the 20 Things About Me submissions we’ve received down the years. Find incriminating or touching facts about your fellow Wordsmokers, then take some time to add your own…
Nick Denton – Genius
VirusWithShoes finally gets to sit down and analyze the latest version of Gawker, and concludes that Nick Denton is a genius. Article includes references to Gawker, 4130 words.
Remembrance
BeRightBack takes the occasion of Valentine’s Day to remember things which include waiting around, Canadian Russian Christian splinter groups, and anal sex in a confined space.
Two Suns
I read yesterday in the news that as early as a year from now, and just for a couple of weeks, there could be two suns in the sky.
Empty Hands, Part 1
What is the sound of one hand clapping? I don’t know, the sound of someone not particularly impressed with your performance?
Saturday Mornings
Rosie Cheeks reminds us of all that was good in 1977. There was, in fact, a lot.
The Day God Died
After the almost surreal death of a 26 year old police officer colleague from heatstroke, MilitantRubberDucky loses what little faith she had in God.
Stains
When it rains is when I miss her the most. She was always horny when it rained. I’d still have to work for it, but it was a near given. She’d be wet and open before I even touched her.
The Little Things
Billy Shears recounts a tale about the issues surrounding killing people in their bathrooms, and what can be done to cover the tracks. Article includes killing.
In Memory, Always
After dropping a photo of a two-year old version of herself, MilitantRubberDucky shares memories of her imperfect but beloved father on the anniversary of his death.
Dispatch (No.1)
BJonston writes about his problems with strong psychoactive drugs. How they once helped, but now how he’s seeing the benefits recede far off, into the distance.
Snakes!
In this post, IrishBreakfast talks about how she can define large chunks of her life via her interactions with reptiles and amphibians. Especially snakes.
In the 80s
BellTolls recalls the 80s – taking your cat to the psychiatrist, not admitting you own a tv and not eating because of a Ferragamo shoe addiction.
It’s Not Over
Mama Penguino ponders the state of her marriage over a trying period of marital discord also known as Mr. Penguino’s stupid midlife crisis.
2010 Retrospective
Mama Penguino provides a year-end retrospective of 2010′s most memorable writing, which you shouldn’t take too seriously considering her early-onset dementia.
Important Avatar News
VirusWithShoes quotes Lipstick Librarian in his defense when he admits the fact that everyone will have to re-upload their avatars to Wordsmoker because he couldn’t.
Grounding
Greetings, Smokers and Smokerettes! This is just a quick reminder that we are still doing the Micro-Fiction Roundup, and maybe you should mosey on over and, you know, give it a try. I mean, I know that you're a wordy-wordkins, and you know you're a Wordzilla, but don't you want everyone else to know? Of course you do. Wait, you don't? Look at you, being all humble and shit. But that doesn't make my little contest work, so can't you just do it or me? Pretty please? Look, just do it or I'll break your getaway sticks, how about that? Thought so. 
If you've read the 
Remember that feeling that you had when you looked across the dance floor at your high school sock hop and that cute girl or guy in whom you'd been interested catches you staring? How he or she stopped talking to his or her other sycophants just long enough to give you a smile. Do you recall how you felt when you realized that, although that person was everything you could possibly want in another human being, you fell far short of his or her expectations? Instead, the object of your desire was going pass you by for someone who had a shitty soul, but was slightly better at sports, or had developed breasts a little earlier than you did. 
The little boy, so innocent and full of life. He will be two years old on January 18, 2012. I have to admit that I’m quite impressed with his abilities so far and the fact that he has learned sign language. We, as humans, are so quick to judge others that aren’t like us. The fact of being “normal” in their eyes has been debated on epic levels. It has become so bothersome to others that they have brought it into political discussions, church sermons, and scientific philosophies. I haven’t always had my eyes open to it and when I was much younger, I thought of it as something funny. Here I am years later writing about how wrong I was; I’ve learned more 
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There were several points throughout this movie that I thought to myself, "Oh my god, I forgot that's Meryl Streep!" Looks like another Best Actress for your mantle, darling. 
