Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies: On Myths, Morons, Free Speech, Football, and Assorted Absurdities (25 page)

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Authors: Chris Kluwe

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1
Note: this piece written prior to Pope Benedict XVI resigning his position on February 28, 2013.

1
Note: Several months after joining Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI resigned. Many people can relate.

1
See deadspin.com/5823549/dear-chris-kluwe-when-we-want-the-punters-opinion-well-ask-for-it-we-wont.

2
See twitter.com/#%21/ChrisWarcraft/status/93372491627642880.

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See boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2011/07/brees_manning_r.html.

Contents

Title Page

Welcome

Dedication

Hello?

Welcome to the Circus

Some People Don’t Understand Logic

Bowdlerizations

A Letter to Jesus

That Dark Passenger

The Rush

Mirror, Mirror

The Darkness and the Light

A Jaunt/y/ Past Time

How to Serve Man

Bang Bang

Thirty Pieces

For the Children

Graduation

All Your Bases

Who Is John Galt?

Incorporation

Elementary

It Ain’t All Fame and Fortune

Just Deserts

Just Call Me Thomas

A Brief Interlude

How to Win the Internet in Seven Easy Steps

Introspection

A List

XY

Motes and Beams

Some Other People Have Even More Trouble with Logic

Somebody Think of the Children

For teh Lulz

Vicariously

Love, Dad

Explicit, Implicit, Omission

If I Ruled the World

Echo Chamber

Five, Six, Eight, BOOM!

Janus

On Weapons (Thank You, Mr. Banks)

He’s a Nihilist, Donny

Personal Stories

How to Write a Song

Aliens

Bowling

Rage

Association

The Only Policy

Hey, Douchebag

Dichotomies and Dinosaurs; or, Life Is a Long Chain Letter

The Lottery

Lanced

Mystery

We Hold These Truths

Time’s A-Wasted (Point Zero Blues)

Kiss My Ass

(p)Recognition

Visions of the Future—AR

Starting Kicks

Life Lessons

A Tasting Menu

An Acknowledgment

Eulogy

About the Author

Photos

Newsletters

Copyright

Copyright

Copyright © 2013 by Chris Kluwe

Photographs courtesy of the Kluwe family

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