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Update: Counting Down to End of 2009
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook —
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Here is an update of my sort of reading-the-shelf challenge. I have been slammed at work as the semester is coming to an end, with stacks of papers and homework to grade. Reading has slowed down the past week, but I managed to finish The History of Love . My goal is to finish The World of Normal Boys tomorrow and ...17 hours ago -
Aimless Reading: The Es, Part 12 (Elaine Equi)
Pearlblossom Highway —
Authority: 125
Decoy Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Equi, Elaine Decoy I probably bought this at St. Marks Books, but I am not sure. In the year before I left the city (1996-7), I was thinking about applying to MFA programs and so decided I needed to take some writing workshops in order to get recommendations to go ...2 days ago -
Get Into Reading Group Diary #5: The Rescue Man by Anthony Quinn
The Reader Online —
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It’s been a few weeks but Louise Jones is back with her diary on reading The Rescue Man . Falling 1940-41 This section of the book opens with a quote apparently called ‘Fear of Death’ by William Hazlitt, A lift of action and danger moderates the dread of death This is certainly true of Baines who in ...2 days ago -
Forged By Chaos Explores The Darker Side Of Warhammer Online [Required Reading]
Kotaku —
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Because there are two sides to every conflict, Mythic and Games Workshop publishing arm The Black Library have released Forged By Chaos , a novel that explores the fragile, deadly alliance of the forces of Destruction. In Forged By Chaos, the third novel based on Warhammer Online , author C.L. Werner takes on Dark ...3 days ago -
A Fan or a Reader
pattinase —
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Lester Dent reading. In a review of Nabokovs THE ORIGINAL OF LAURA in the New York Review of Books, John Lanchester makes the interesting observation that some writers have readers and some have fans. I am not sure I completely understand the difference. The origins of the idea is with Alan Bennett: Evelyn Waugh had ...3 days ago -
Aimless Reading: The Es, Part 11.1 (Theodore Enslin)
Pearlblossom Highway —
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Re-Sounding Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Enslin, Theodore Re-Sounding I think I bought this at Talking Leaves around the same time I bought the previous book by Enslin. I may have bought this one first. I seem to remember that Nine was quite expensive and that at the time I was sort of broke, so it ...3 days ago -
Read, Eat, Sleep, Repeat
Joystory —
Authority: 129
moar funny pictures NaNo aftershock slowly wearing off. Im cutting myself some slack. Todays main task was to get all my library book records updated. I slacked off a bit on keeping track of the items checked out and items requested on our two accounts over the last several weeks. Just one of the many small ...3 days ago -
Tips for What to Do When You’re Stuck at the Airport by CheapOair
Travel, Travel Vacations, Travel City, European Travel and more Informations —
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Tips for what to do when you’re stuck at the Airport Increased tourism means more inbound and outbound flights. As a result, airline delays have become an integral part of the travel experience. Compounding that, airline protocol dictates that travelers check-in 2-3 hours prior to departure, so long layovers and ...4 days ago -
Aimless Reading: The Es, Part 11 (Theodore Enslin)
Pearlblossom Highway —
Authority: 125
Nine Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Enslin, Theodore Nine I bought this at Talking Leaves...Books in 2004 after returning from the Poetry of the 40s Conference in Orono, Maine. Ted Enslin was one of the featured poets of the conference, being of the generation that began writing in the 40s and also ...4 days ago -
Nurturing Readers--some good advice
Dewey's Treehouse —
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Beth at The BrewCrew wrote this guest post for the HSBA website . The photos are great too!5 days ago -
Speaking of God’s Judgment
Mouw's Musings - The President's Blog —
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The “Rebirth Tour” we took last week in New Orleans was a moving experience. No description of the destruction that Katrina brought to the Ninth Ward can prepare one for actually seeing it up close. In our case, the experience was greatly enhanced by an extremely knowledgeable and articulate guide, Raymond Poret, ...5 days ago -
Patches endures another picture!
Book Mom —
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Patches is a sweetie and is enjoying the new kitty bed we picked up for the kitties at WW this week. To get this picture, I had Daughter take it. She only looked down, instead of totally away! *G* We made it to the extended family lunch on time! A miracle considering Chris, Son and I were all in the jeep waiting on ...6 days ago -
Fireball can be a goofy boy!
Book Mom —
Authority: 129
I took this picture this afternoon while the kids were playing with their friends outside and I had just finished lunch. Fireball decided to sacrifice a little dignity to get my attention. Isnt he just the cutest? *G* Its been another nice, sunny day here today. We ran by the library this afternoon to pick up a book ...1 week ago -
Aimless Reading: The Es, Part 9 (William Empson)
Pearlblossom Highway —
Authority: 125
7 Types of Ambiguity Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Empson, William 7 Types of Ambiguity Great title. Great cover. Interesting ideas. Unreadable book. For instance: from Chapter 1 The important meanings of this sort, as may be seen from the example about the cat, are hard to isolate, or ...1 week ago -
paper, paper, paper
jeff peachey —
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Before Jacques Derrida died, he used to teach a yearly seminar for grad students at New York University, which I managed to sit in on in the late 90’s. It was completely over my head, but it was an intellectual roller-coaster that I will never forget. I could barely remember where I lived after listening to ...1 week ago -
The Man Who Was Vogue: The Life and Times of Conde Nast
RDuJour —
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Conde Nast (1873-1942), the publisher of gogue, Vanity Fair, and House & Garden, is remembered for his genius at marketing high-toned magazines and for his fabulous parties; to the women he pursued, he was a lovable roue. But credit for the magazines themselves has largely gone to Vogue editor Edna Woolman ...1 week ago -
Teaser Tuesday
Sweet Memes —
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from Scatter Cushions Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) teaser sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title and author of the book that you’re getting your teaser from .. that way people can have some great book recommendations if ...1 week ago -
Learn About Finance Tips
Free Internet Marketing Information —
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Financing Information Homeowners who are considering re-financing but are not knowledgeable about the subject have a number of options available to them for finding more accurate information regarding the types of re-financing options available as well as the ways to obtain the best available rates and tips for ...1 week ago -
It’s Monday, What are you Reading? November 23, 2009
The Blonde Diaries —
Authority: 131
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series What are You Reading on MondaysI had a fabulous reading weekend. I read 2 books from start to finish and they were fantastic. I am hoping for another good book week this week with the extra days off thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday. [...]1 week ago -
How Can I Become A Composer And Compose Music To Create Passive Income?
Earn Passive Income —
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I am a freshman in high school and I play the saxophone in my school band. I love music and believe me I am DETERMINED to succeed in music. I have been reading books about how to create passive income and one way they mentioned was to collect royalties by being a composer and compose music which was aka intellectual ...1 week ago
