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Nick Belardes Madcap historian of Random Obsessions, novelist, journalist, essayist

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  • Random Obsessions For The Daily News Writer

    August 7, 2009

    • This has really been affecting me lately: my obsession with the bizarre. I wake up, roll out of bed. I grab a history book, or find my laptop and click straight to a science magazine website as if the Holy Grail of the absurd is going to suddenly spring to life like an oddly glowing chalice. It’s that one weird news story that will go viral. I just know it will. Like when I posted video of a ...
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  • Daily Random Digest #4: Freakish Facts, ESPN, Johnny Depp And Kern County Diseases

    August 3, 2009

    • Weekend news ruled my life, and not just Saturday and Sunday. Monday came along and I found myself still reeling over having posted two hard-hitting news items on disease in Kern County. Two humans with West Nile virus and nearly 60 cases of pandemic swine flu in one month. That's enough to get anyone to wear a CDC bubble suit to bed. In the case of West Nile, real estate moguls were warned to ...
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  • Daily Random Digest #3: I'm Going To Be A Zombie Soldier In A Movie

    July 28, 2009

    • Who doesn't want to be in a zombie movie? The first time around, Hectic Films had no investor and used local actors (I got an axe through my head as a zombie creature). George the Giant who was in "Big Fish" was there. He's scary. He was the most credible of the gang. Now Hectic Films is re-creating the film with a sizeable budget and more Hollywood talent than just a giant who can eat ...
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