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I said from the start of the season that there would be a point in mid-to-late July that we would pause for a commercial break.

So here it is: LJ IDOL!

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Welcome to 2012!!

For me, 2011 had its ups and downs, but for the most part was very much up! I started last season's New Year (and on my facebook!) with the Hold Steady song "A Positive Jam"! I'm enough of a superstitious traditionalist that I'm not going to mess with what is working ( Read more... )

I had some "New Year" themed topics lined up for the next round of Free Topics (The last round is here: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/511799.htmlRead more... )

It's the final day of our Free Topics http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/511799.html so smoke 'em if you got 'em. . . err. . . write 'em if you got 'em? Yeah, that sounds better. Otherwise people will just start printing out their work in order to set it on fire. Or skip that step, ( Read more... )

In the lead up to the New Year, everyone is doing "Best and Worst of 2011" lists. I'm sure many people within the sound of my typing this have done it. Maybe even the people reading it ( Read more... )

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I just posted a few Free Topics http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/511799.html - hopefully, that will give you something to do. Because I'm sure that you are sitting around in front of your computer, without anything else to do, waiting for them to show up ( Read more... )

I promised some free topics, so I guess I better actually post a couple ( Read more... )

Apparently, I need to come up with another way to rile people up! Hmmm. . . maybe tomorrow. I'm on a time crunch at the moment. I'll leave you to it. I'm sure that, without trying, that someone will manage to say something that gets under someone else's skin! And isn't that what the Holiday Season is all about ( Read more... )