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Paul Adams. Alternate account for blog posts not related to my @yawnguy free stress-release works.

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Feb 23, 2019, 4:43 PM UTC

Viral poems

Back in 2006 I registered www.viralpoems.com for a year or two. This was one of those money-making ideas that didn't. Anyway, I just discovered some pix on an old hard drive, so in the interests of h…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Feb 12, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

Rubik: Tips for bigger odd-numbered cubes

Here are algorithms for cubes 5x5x5, 7x7x7, 9x9x9 etc. These tips aren't especially original, but are collected together for ease of use as I tend to forget them if not cubing regularly. I use simple…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Jan 2, 2019, 3:16 PM UTC

Cosmic Dumptruck (The Caretakers)

I wrote this poem in the early 90s, shortly after reading Jurassic Park. In 1996 I published it in the Usenet group rec.arts.poems, and later on one of my obscure websites. It is pretty much self-exp…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Dec 31, 2018, 2:52 PM UTC

Rubik: Willingness to scramble

How willing will someone be to scramble a cube, assuming they will have to solve it? The willingness is roughly inversely proportional to the personal effort one considers it will take to solve it. I…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Dec 31, 2018, 9:50 AM UTC

Rubik: How to solve the Tartan Cube

Here is the solution for the Tartan Cube I worked out in 2002. The text below comes from that, as put into a simple eBook along with the Shepherd Cube solution in my previous Steemit post. Note that…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Dec 30, 2018, 1:41 PM UTC

Rubik: How to solve the Shepherd Cube

In May 2002 while living in Los Angeles I purchased a Shepherd Cube and a Tartan Cube. I noticed that there was no solution online, so I worked out a simple one for each and put them on a web site. I…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Dec 29, 2018, 7:53 AM UTC

The Ballad of Feisty J

I wrote this mixture of fact and fantasy around 1991 about a girl I worked with in LA, Jane Lok originally from the Bay area. But she didn't like me or my poetry. Such is life. 😊 The Ballad of Feist…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Dec 28, 2018, 5:40 PM UTC

Vagrants

I wrote these around 1993 when I had a shirt-and-tie job right next to Hollywood & Vine in Los Angeles. I did actually approach a local homeless man by Sunset & Ivar and offered him a suitabl…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Dec 22, 2018, 11:11 PM UTC

Under the Rim (Verses 161 to 184)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-60 Verses 61-80 Verses 81-100 Verses 101-120 Verses 121-140 Verses 141-160 ## Verses 161-170 Looking about with omni…

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Yawnguy2
@yawnguy2 Dec 21, 2018, 7:38 PM UTC

Under the Rim (Verses 141 to 160)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-60 Verses 61-80 Verses 81-100 Verses 101-120 Verses 121-140 ## Verses 141-150 The ring was the thing that was guidin…

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