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So much for confederacy among writers. Sounds like fellow writers are some of the toughest crowds you can have as a writer.

Flavorwire has assembled a collection of the 30 meanest things well-regarded writers have said about each other over the years. Some of my favorites are collected below:

21. Lord Byron on John Keats (1820)

“Here are Johnny Keats’ piss-a-bed poetry, and three novels by God knows whom… No more Keats, I entreat: flay him alive; if some of you don’t I must skin him myself: there is no bearing the drivelling idiotism of the Mankin.”

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In case you’re planning your eco-evacuation route, I thought this might be helpful.

Image: NESDIS/NOAA

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better example of the sort of weather we can come to expect in a warming world than the sort that hit the U.S. this very spring. Meteorologist Jeff Masters recently concluded a comprehensive analysis of the weather patterns over the last few months, and the results would be shocking to anyone who hadn’t watched the endless reports of flooding and d…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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You will respect marching band.

Scott made this flamethrowing trombone because he could and hell why wouldn’t he? The video advises: don’t try this at home, go to a friend’s house.” Sound.

This is a working playing flamethrower trombone that has fire on demand. It is made up from plumbing, torch, and compressed air parts. It took about two weeks and a couple of weekends to complete. It has a 21 foot range with the fireball, and a concussion wave of 150 feet. It can be difficult to play since it has a recoil.

FRANKENHORN Flamethrower Trombone …
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One of the best lost & found apps our there for Android is free on Amazon App Store today and tomorrow (unless you have some deranged mobile service provider, which will remain nameless).

If you didn’t download Seek Droid the last time we mentioned it, now you have a chance to grab it free of charge. The developers behind the app, which allows you to find your lost Android phone whether it’s in your home or in the back of a cab, remotely lock or wipe it, or just view it on a Google Map so you …
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Evolution… it ain’t pretty but unlike some “other” explanations for the diversity and success of life on this planet, it’s real and it works.

Evolutionary ecologists have discovered that having sex with a male sea monkey from the future can be hazardous to a female sea monkey’s health.

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