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The Diary of Ashley Spencer: Confessions of a Confused Pyrophobic

November 24, 2009

Hi. I'm Ashley Spencer, a newly graduated working girl who also blogs for Sparklife. I will be writing about the patheticness of my life for your entertainment. Each Tuesday, you’ll get to see what it’s

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How to Survive Thanksgiving Awkwardness

November 24, 2009

We can't wait to see Nana Beth, Grandma Lannom, Grandpa Brown, and Auntie Amy. But Dance4life51 is decidedly less excited about hanging out with her fam. In fact, she's in a teeth-gnashing rage about Thanksgiving.

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Help! My Family Is Weird!

November 24, 2009

As we enter the holiday season, we are once again faced with the unavoidable reality that our families are weird. And not just weird; they put the "fun" in "dysfunctional."

It was Leo Tolstoy who said,

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We <3 Sparklers, and Sparklers <3 Dan Bergstein

November 24, 2009

We just got this fantastic email from some Sparklers, and it was so incredibly awesome that we had to post it on SparkLife. Names have been removed to protect Team Dan. —SparkNotes editors

Dear Chelsea Dagger

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Blogging Lord of the Flies, Chapter 5: Beast From Water

November 24, 2009

Jon is reading Lord of the Flies and blogging about it. His posts are collected here.

Chapter 5 introduces us to a new and updated Ralph—Ralph 2.0, as it were—who has been reborn out of last

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*Makes a Penguin Emoticon* 32

It's hard to analyze a situation without being removed from it by time or distance, which is why we're particularly impressed with Sparkler imperfectbutfine. In...more

Books

Blogging Lord of the Flies, Chapter 5: Beast From Water 6

Jon is reading Lord of the Flies and blogging about it. His posts are collected here. Chapter 5 introduces us to a new and updated Ralph—Ralph...more

Music

Musicians We're Thankful For 91

In spirit of the Thanksgiving season, we want to give our thanks to a special group of people who have done their best to make...more

Advice

Dagger University: Where Are the Boys? 8

Dear Dagger, What's with the boys? I went to an arts high school so the ratio of boys to girls was 1 to 8 (really the...more

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