Tag Archive | "Bad parents"

Choirboy Figurine

Monday, September 21, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by J. Robert Lennon, has ended. Original price: $1.99. Final price: $21.50.] The day after the day I turned seventeen, three weeks after the recital in which I received the award for distinguished effort in solo violin performance, five months after my older brother was arrested for dealing [...]

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Uncola Glass

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Jen Collins, has ended. Original price: $2. Final price: $20.50.] For my 9th birthday, I begged my mother to take me to the iron-on decal store at the Meadow Glen Mall. I had seen some older boy wearing a sweatshirt with a glittery rip-off of the Superman [...]

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#1 Mom Hooks

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Rachel Berger, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $5.50. This story was part of a special collaboration with Design Observer, where it was co-published, here.] In the fall of 1991, Olivia Mendel was 27 years old. Her face held a small dreamy smile, and her hair [...]

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“Hakuna Matata” figurine

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Jennifer Michael Hecht, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $10.50.] Kathy can remember how she left both of her ex-husbands but she can’t remember how she left Jeffrey. She can remember a phone call that seemed to finalize that she was leaving him with his [...]

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Piggy Bank

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Matthew De Abaitua, has closed. Original price: $1.99. Final price: $15.50] My Daddy shouts at me when I go near the piggy bank, and he screams when I turn it upside down. So l leave the piggy bank alone and tell my baby brother and sister to [...]

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