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• Thanks for the Memory

  
  Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog — Authority: 128
  You, it appears, have a quirky memory. In yesterdays New York Times op-ed section, the economist Paul Krugman got off a nice rejoinder about lunatic Republicans, using the trope Theres no sanity clause. This took you back immediately to a moment at least sixty years in the past, from an old Marx Brothers movie, A ...
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• Mark Twain’s Satirical Influence on Modern Day Society

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 571
  Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pseudonym, Mark Twain, is a famous American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad, often irreverent humor or biting social satire. Twain’s writing is also known for realism of place and language, memorable ...
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• A Journey To Bethlehem

  
  Abnormal Interests — Authority: 425
  On this day before Christmas, I thought Id share Mark Twains report of his visit to Bethlehem. He and a group of other innocents visited Bethlehem on (or about) September 27, 1867. Without more work than this post requires, I cant fully resolve a small problem of chronology. A day or two just doesnt matter. ...
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• “There,” says he, “if that line don’t fetch them, I don’t know Arkansaw!”*

  
  Communion Of Dreams — Authority: 121
  Gods, this is funny: Q: Is the ButtCandle really a candle? A: Yes, but not necessarily what you might picture as your dining room table variety of candle. In length and diameter, it’s similiar to common candles. However, a hollow channel is cut from bottom to top which causes air to be drawn from the base to the ...
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• Let us consider that we are all insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles.

  
  2009 Artist Quote of the Day — Authority: 127
  Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is ...
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• Trying to shoot the Geminid Meteor Shower at the Mark Twain National Forest

  
  PICTURES — Authority: 131
  Canon EOS 1D Mark II, 20mm 2.8 - 800 iso, 30 sec, 2.8 It was definitely a two dog night. The temperature was 15 degrees outside, and I was in the back of a truck with two Schnauzers trying to stay…
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• Travel is Glamorous…In Retrospect

  
  The Planet D: Around the World Adventure Couple — Authority: 426
  I had read a great quote somewhere recently by Mark Twain. It goes something along the lines of “Travel is Glamorous in Retrospect” When I saw Dave doing our laundry in a little bucket in our coco hut bungalow, this quote came perfectly to mind.
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• Ten of the best child narrators

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Down With Skool! by Geoffrey Willans The four Molesworth books, of which this is the first, are narrated by Nigel Molesworth and were banned in my school, ostensibly because of their wonderfully bad spelling. Utterly subversive, they imagine the world of the English prep school (St Custards) through the eyes of this ...
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• Yes, Tiger, there is a Santa Claus

  
  This and That — Authority: 138
  Disclaimer: I could really care less where Tiger Woods puts his dick or his balls (Im of the "Golf is a good walk ruined" school) but I have a distant cousin whom Ive convinced myself is a sheet little old lady, so when she sent me this, I fell out of my seat.
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• The Frisbee: Spinning the Truth

  
  Play Stuff Blog — Authority: 112
  Some tall tales are so pleasing that you wish they were true. Not the kind that are just mistakes, like believing that John F. Kennedy was a gifted ventriloquist or that Shania Twain is Mark Twain’s great grand-daughter. I’m talking about plausible old yarns like the one about the young George Washington ...
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• Who Is This Guy and Where Did He Get His Name?

  
  Abnormal Interests — Authority: 425
  Rambler W. Epaminandos Adrastus Blab also abbreviated W. E. A. B. W (= W. Epaminandos Adrastus Blab?) Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass Sergeant Fathom Josh Sieur Louis de Conte Oh yeah, I almost forgot, Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens used all these names, most in the very early stages of his literary career, a couple ...
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• Saturn’s Hexagon and the Bulava Spiral: Nota Bene #2009-45

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 483
  “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “What’s taken place in the year since Obama won the presidency has turned out to be one of the most dramatic political about-faces in our history” … ...
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• Missouri students to vote on favorite books

  
  Book Blog — Authority: 411
  Missouri librarians have come up with four lists of finalists for students to consider in the annual Reader Awards. Among the books nominated are Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games,” Michael Grant’s “Gone” and Marty Crisp’s “Titanicat.” Students across the state vote in their classrooms…
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• Who Could You Become?

  
  BubbaSmith.net — Authority: 118
  I read this story by Mark Twain recently an d it blessed me: A man died and met Saint Peter at the gates of Heaven. Recognizing the saint’s knowledge and wisdom, he wanted to ask him a question. “Saint Peter,” he said, “I’ve been interested in military history for many years. Tell me, who was the ...
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• 48 Years Ago: December 1961, Pt. 6

  
  Davelandblog — Authority: 128
  Time to wrap this series up, with a big Frontierland finish. Let’s begin with a shot of the Mark Twain and follow-up with a journey around the Rivers of America. The Columbia is docked for now: At least the Old Mill seems to be working properly: Zooming in, I ask is it too early for the framing going up ...
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• Don’t Toast The Holidays: How Presenters Can Give A Toast Without Toasting A Relationship

  
  The Accidental Communicator — Authority: 106
  Image Credit A Poorly Given Toast Can Burn A Relationship Editor’s Note: This article has been selected to be included in Angela DeFinis’ “Public Speaking and the Holidays” Blog Carnival. If you aren’t familiar with blog carnivals, they are a compilation of blog posts from numerous authors on a ...
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• "Interpretation is and should be an exercise in totalitarianism."

  
  Acephalous — Authority: 495
  ( Ive placed the bulk of this post below the fold because I wanted to prevent the automatic trackback from automatically tracking back, but also because I realize that not everyone is as invested in debunking the reductio ad absurdum of my own theoretical position as I am. That said, I wrote most of this last week ...
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• 13 Days of Xmas Audio - Day 1: Mark Twain

  
  Needcoffee.com — Authority: 137
  Thats right, because we learned nothing from 32 Days of Halloween Audio, its time for 13 Days of Xmas Audio. Each day in addition to our usual bit of holiday cheer, Ill be posting a brand new recording of something of the season, read by yours truly. Hope you enjoy them. Our first up is a letter from Samuel ...
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• December 12, 2009

  
  DailyLearners.com — Authority: 128
  I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain more about Mark Twain
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• The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain

  
  #1 Books Read All — Authority: 137
  This comprehensive volume of all of Twain\s shorter works is representative of his vast humor and wit. \"The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain\" includes the following tales: The Notorious Jumping
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