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• Two True Freaks! Episode 87 – Harry Potter!!

  
  The Comics Podcast Network — Authority: 144
  In this clock-busting episode, Chris hooks up with THE HARRY POTTER ALLIANCE members Hope Mullinax, Dinah Russell and Andrew Slack! Topics range from Wizard Wrock to social activism and the Harry Potter universe, the Rowling books, the movies, undead sex toys and a whole HOST of other topics! For example, did you ...
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• Famous brothers who became famous for different reasons

  
  Asylum.co.uk — Authority: 571
  Filed under: Humour Our world is full of brothers who got famous doing the same thing -- just ask the Baldwins, Bushes, Afflecks or Gallaghers. But once your older or, heaven forbid, younger brother is already famous, how hard can it be to follow in his footsteps? ... Read more   Permalink  |  Email this ...
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• Kurt Vonnegut: "Look at the Birdie" (book review)

  
  Snob's Music — Authority: 546
  Sometime in my early 20s I became a huge fan of American satirist Kurt Vonnegut.  His dark sense of humour couple with his ability to make keen observations about human nature made for compelling reads, regardless of the genre he chose for any given project.  Breakfast of Champions still ranks among my favorite ...
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• Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.

  
  2009 Artist Quote of the Day — Authority: 128
  Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007; pronounced /ˈvɒnɨɡət/) was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat’s Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973). He was known for his ...
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• Thursday cornucopia

  
  occasional fish — Authority: 128
  Mark Evanier on the origin of the phrase “ top banana .” I’m not entirely sure if this is true, but it’s a lot more convincing than some of the other origin stories I’ve seen. The most environmentally friendly city in the United States? Surprisingly, it might be New York City . [ via ] I wonder if ...
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• Saab, born from jets, crashes and burns

  
  Automotive Buzz from AutoAnything — Authority: 123
  Holy Swedish meatballs, Bätman. The word on the street is that GM’s Sweden-rooted marque, Saab, is on the verge of being sent to the proverbial scrap yard. Even though the Man of Steel was able to survive the scrap yard in Superman III , Saab doesn’t have the advantage of being born on Krypton—they’re just ...
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• Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter Home

  
  jeffmilner.com — Authority: 121
  As a private with the 106th Infantry Division, Kurt Vonnegut, along with five other battalion scouts, wandered behind enemy lines for several days during the Rhineland Campaign and became cut off from their battalion. They were captured by Wehrmacht troops on December 14, 1944 and imprisoned in Dresden, Germany. ...
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• Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 26: NaNoWriMo

  
  Writing Excuses — Authority: 447
  Dan, Howard, and Jordo descended into the basement at Dragon’s Keep where members of the local NaNoWriMo chapter were attempting to bolster their word-counts for the day. We talked to them about National Novel Writing Month, and about the things that were getting them stuck. Good times! Writing Prompt: Kill one of ...
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• True Confessions

  
  Writing well is the best revenge — Authority: 122
  Norb Vonnegut is back. Because he has a confession. And we could not resist an object lesson. That Morning in Brisbane I have a confession to make. It took me about thirty years to become a published author overnight. Top Producer is my first novel, and after a career on Wall Street where everybody avoids ...
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• Vonnegut after Dresden

  
  otrops — Authority: 107
  The superb Letters of Note has a remarkable letter written by a young Kurt Vonnegut to his family shortly after the bombing of Dresden. On about February 14th the Americans came over, followed by the R.A.F. their combined labors killed 250,000 people in twenty-four hours and destroyed all of Dresden — possibly ...
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• Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse Five

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 593
  On the fascinating site Letters of Note : In December of 1944, whilst behind enemy lines during the Rhineland Campaign, Private Kurt Vonnegut was captured by Wehrmacht troops and subsequently became a prisoner of war. A month later, Vonnegut and his fellow POWs reached a Dresden work camp where they were imprisoned ...
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• Hornet Gak (Yes, thats what we said.)

  
  Writing well is the best revenge — Authority: 122
  "The gold standard for financial thrillers." *Publishers Weekly starred review of Top Producer HANK : Coming up: Hornet Gak. But first: Financial sharks take on a whole new meaning in Norb Vonneguts acclaimed debut thriller. Let me just give you a hint: it begins with a gala party at the Boston Aquarium. ...
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• More!

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 486
  * Ireland wants a rematch against France , but FIFA says it won’t happen . More here . * Kurt Vonnegut’s letter home as a POW, 1944. * The headline reads, “IBM makes supercomputer significantly smarter than cat.” * Eric Barker calls this New York Times article on DNA testing and parental rights ...
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• LETTERS FROM KURT

  
  YeLPar — Authority: 132
  One of my fav authors is Kurt Vonnegu t and one of his best books is Slaughterhouse Five . Ive just stumbled across this letter Kurt wrote back home after being freed as a POW in WW2. It makes for a good epilogue to the book. continued here
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• Reading Other People’s Letters and Being Fascinated

  
  General Lordisimo's Apocalypse — Authority: 122
  I have for a long time been fascinated by letter writing and reading (and personally wish I did a better job at writing more of them myself).  I remember finding a number of various letter, written by people I never knew (nor ever will) in my grandmother’s basement some years back.  They were amazing! As such, ...
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• Oh, So That Is God’s Work

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 137
  Todays New York Times has an encouraging article about the things that Goldman Sachs is doing to cleanse its image as a greedy and destructive force in the U.S. economy and society. Apparently Warren Buffett is teach their senior team a bit of humility, or at least how to feign it. This is all old news, but I ...
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• Vote on the Contrast Podcast Festive 50 Shortlist!

  
  Muruch — Authority: 129
  Contrast Podcast recently asked music bloggers like myself to submit our favorite 50 songs of the year for their annual “Festive 50″ podcast. Our selections were then compiled into a shortlist and now we’ve been asked to recruit votes to narrow it down. For the curious, I’ve bolded the 10 songs I personally ...
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• Vonnegut’s Letter

  
  spincitydotorg — Authority: 430
  Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to his family after leaving Dresden and Slaughterhouse Five. I’m told that you were probably never informed that I was anything other than “missing in action.” Chances are that you also failed to receive any of the letters I wrote from Germany. That leaves me a lot of explaining to ...
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• The Tattlesnake – Palin: the GOPs Political Poison Pill Edition

  
  BartBlog — Authority: 476
  “Her agenda was not necessarily to show me in the best light.”– Sarah Palin to Oprah Winfrey, complaining about Katie Couric’s 2008 interview that revealed her to be an uninformed pageant sash, as quoted at NBC’s Today Show website, Nov. 16, 2009.As this quote shows, Sarah Palin still has no idea what the ...
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• Vital Statistics

  
  What's New With Mick — Authority: 110
  Bike odometer: 2557 Aches & pains: numbness in left thigh Current reading: Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut , Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Recent listening: Son Volt, Seals & Crofts, Firefall, Bread, Brave Combo, Sweet Recent viewing: Fringe, Glee, Mad Men, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, The ...
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