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  • Being able to schedule posts helps me turn up while depressed so my Spurts of genius can fill in the gap, just don't expect comments.

    Keep Showing Up 2009

  • (Spurts of laughter followed by awkward silence ...)

    Michael Bialas: Concert Review: If you knew Suzy (Bogguss) like they know Suzy ... 2009

  • Getty Images Gymnast Mo Huilan The disparity is apparent at Beijing's Xiannongtan Sports School, where boys and girls train separately under bright red banners with messages like, "Grow in Painful Struggle and Develop in Spurts."

    The Great Women of China 2008

  • Spurts of dark energy seemed to erupt from the being like magma, and anything that was in their path—even in their general vicinity—was destroyed.

    Shadow Hunters Christie Golden 2007

  • Spurts of wakefulness, not necessarily anxiety-filled, either.

    From the archives: Let's go! M-mv 2006

  • Spurts of vapor rose from ponds occupied by air-breathing Visarian water-dwellers, while the occasional call of a multiarmed nalamode echoed from the orange trees.

    Trouble Magnet Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2006

  • Spurts of wakefulness, not necessarily anxiety-filled, either.

    Anniversary M-mv 2006

  • Spurts of wakefulness, not necessarily anxiety-filled, either.

    Archive 2006-12-01 M-mv 2006

  • Spurts of wakefulness, not necessarily anxiety-filled, either.

    Archive 2006-10-01 M-mv 2006

  • Spurts of inspiration often come to me when I least expect it: tossing and turning at 2:30 am before daylight, early in the morning while walking to work, sipping my afternoon tea at a caf

    The Borderline Project: Art and Awakening Part II | Seattle Metblogs 2005

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