Saturday Slant
The Saturday Slant meme—weekly questions designed to make you think, feel, or dream. For three years the Saturday Slant produced a new thought provoking question every Saturday morning. Bloggers would then answer the question with their own unique slants on their own blogs, sharing links to one another and iAmPariah.com. Although the Saturday Slant meme is no longer producing new questions, the archive remains to inspire thoughts and feelings in anyone who still wishes to play.
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Super Heroes
Batman began. Spider-Man swung in twice. The Hulk wasn’t that incredible. Catwoman barely scratched up a nod. DareDevil dared, then stumbled blindly into the Elektra spinoff. HellBoy, Constantine, and Blade Frankensteined horrorific comic book ink
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- 22
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Targeted!
Ever been targeted by someone–maybe an enemy you didn’t know existed? Or maybe it was friend soured. It could even have been by a total stranger, cruel or vindictive, picking you at random or making you
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- 21
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Defining Childhood Event
If asked to pick just one, what event of your childhood most shaped the person you are now? We are all the sum of our laughter and tears. As children, events occur in and
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- 18
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Daydreaming
Standing in line. Waiting for that download. Sitting in traffic. Ignoring the commercials.
At such cerebrally relaxed moments, fertile imaginations may wander into worlds separated from this by a gentle nudge or a violent shove. Daydreaming
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- 17
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I Don't Like To Talk About...
This Slant can be glibly answered with a trite response about a phobia or dislike (e.g. “I don’t like to talk about about spiders or politics”), but I entreat you to
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- 16
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I Wish I Was...
Somewhere? Someone? With…? Without…? More…? Less…?
No matter how self-aware, how happy you are with your life, locale, and person, there is always room for improvement. What do you want to change? What,
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- 15
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Enough Is Enough
Pushed far enough, everyone will eventually push back. Where lies the line between taking it, rolling with it, or sucking it up, and snapping, pushing back, or giving as good is different with each
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- 14
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Recent Scare
In the last two years, what was the scariest moment you recall? It’s a simple question, loaded with implications. I won’t contaminate the results by providing examples. Be as honest as your conscience (and readership)
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- 13
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A Different Kind of Question
I nearly didn’t post a Saturday Slant this week. I wasn’t feeling much like coming up with a whimsical diversionary query.
The Saturday Slant began as a means of exploring deeper thought
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- 12
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Moving Dead Bodies
Friends, they say, help you move. Real friends, they also say, help you move bodies. While I don’t expect anyone to admit asking a friend to move a body–unless one has an anonymous blog–there
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- 11
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World's Worst Boss
If you’ve been in the labor force for a few years, you have had the misfortune of working for a bad boss at one time or another. What was he like? What made him
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- 10
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Statuesque
The town council has announced its intent to erect a new statue in front of the town hall. Since there are enough statues about town of the founder, explorers, and other long-dead figures, the council has
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- 9
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The Best Decision I Ever Made Was...
What? Choosing to marry your someone special? Having a child? Making a career change? Divorcing that someone who wasn’t as special as s/he used to be? Going back to school?
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- 8
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Urgent Spring
Though only late February, Spring is in the air. Crocus have blossomed alongside the daffodils, and the sunlight clings to day just a little bit longer. About this time of year Spring urges grip our
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- 7
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If I Were Paris Hilton...
That’s it. No exposition this time because I don’t want to bias your response. If you were Paris Hilton…what?
How are other people Slanting? Check the comments! Leave a link to your
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- 5
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Banished Into A Faery Tale
If you were banished from reality into a faery tale of your choice, which would it be, which character would you choose to become, and why?
Would you be Snow White, destined
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- 4
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Sweetheart Re-Met
Think back through the warmer side of your love life, the relationships you’ve been party to. Remember your sweethearts’ faces, the scents of their hair, that little something each did that turned up the corners
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- 3
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Going Back To High School
Peggy Sue wake up. One ordinary night you rest your head upon the pillow and slip gently into the Sandman’s embrace, but he releases you back into your teenage self. Back in
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- 2
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I've always wanted but been afraid to...
We all have a desire to do, say, experience, be something, but have never acted upon that desire due to fear. It’s a new year, a new Slanted year. Carpe
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- 1
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If I were King (or Queen) of the World...
A very simple question, loaded with untold possibility. Apropos for the first question of this, the third year of the Saturday Slant. If you were suddenly elected King
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- 33
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Naughty Little Impulse
What is your naughty little impulse never acted upon? Ever wanted to kiss your boss? Do you often feel like telling your mother-in-law that she’s a self-centered, controlling witch—over Thanksgiving Dinner? Do you sometimes
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- 32
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Worst Travelling Experience
Whether you were flying back home for the holidays, driving across town for aunt Liz’s wedding, or globe trotting for business, odds are good you’ve experienced something bad. Tell us about your most embarrassing
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