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Thoughts, stories and other things I'd like to share with you.

joshuajohnsmithe
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Lime (Poem)
My sister has a pregnancy tracker app to compare the size of her baby with assorted fruits and vegetables. At first it was a poppy seed,...


joshuajohnsmithe
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Seinfeld Spec Script: 'The Gas Guzzler'
Last year I wrote an episode of Seinfeld. I had a lot of fun writing it so I thought I'd share it here. It's called 'The Gas Guzzler': As...


joshuajohnsmithe
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We Need to Talk About Paper Straws (A Short Essay)
It’s a strange time to be living in this world, if you like to drink from a straw. For generations, we all agreed that plastic was the...


joshuajohnsmithe
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BUZZ CUT (Comedy Short Film)
A neurotic man debates whether he should shave his head. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...


joshuajohnsmithe
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Ironing shirts on a Sunday night (Poem)
A crinkled white collared shirt is a vulnerable looking thing that wants care before the week begins again— and on those Sunday nights...


joshuajohnsmithe
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BUMP Season 1 Review: Interestingly Australian for a US-style teen drama
(image courtesy of Stan) BUMP doesn’t need to be an original Australian story to be a voice for Australian drama. But because the show...


joshuajohnsmithe
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Stepping Outside: My tale of the afterlife (Short Story)
David Eagleman wrote a book I love called Sum: Forty Tales of the Afterlives. It is forty different answers to the question of what...


joshuajohnsmithe
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15 Quotes from my Psychotic Law Lecturer
I spent one year studying law. In the second semester I studied Torts and didn't understand a thing. But I kept going to the classes beca...
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