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After witnessing firsthand the power of therapeutic humor, she created an educational consulting company in Santa Cruz, California, called Jest for the Health of It.
The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack Ph.D. Dede Bonner 2009
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Dance than an Army, and better qualify'd to break a Jest than look in upon an Enemy.
Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718) Daniel Defoe 1696
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I wrote a review of his book Infinite Jest, which is my favorite book, on my other, long-neglected blog.
Jewish Atheist 2008
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Kudos to my friend "Jest" for bringing this one to my attention.
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Like all his other writing, "Jest" couldn't just be read on its own; you needed a second bookmark, to flip back to the footnotes
Infinite Monkeys - "...a sparkly blog..." - James Lileks 2008
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"Jest" and his other fiction was inventive and, well, daunting to the average reader.
Infinite Monkeys - "...a sparkly blog..." - James Lileks 2008
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He’el feed on a Jest, that is broke with your Wind,
The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 Maximillian E. [Commentator] Novak
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He’el feed on a Jest, that is broke with your Wind,
The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 Maximillian E. [Commentator] Novak
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A photo tour of the Boston-area locations mentioned in Infinite Jest.
Infinite Jest Tour of Boston The Nag 2009
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I was especially taken with A Jest and a Vengeance, by E. Hoffmann Price.
Archive 2010-01-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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