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    • Archive for July 14th, 2007

    Fortune Cookie Fiction: Does someone secretly listen to our dinner conversations and write custom fortunes?

    Saturday, July 14th, 2007

    A number of people have sent me links to fortune cookie-related art (short story, drawings, even a short film!). The cultural fascination with fortune cookies, particularly with fortune cookie scribes, is
    So I will start rolling them out over time. Here is a story from Carl Lang (who Facebook messaged me) about a guy […]