March 2009
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February 2009
26 posts
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Kanye West - Flashing Lights
I’m more of...
Tumblr Book Swap: Recap
We had a great turnout last night. Here’s the attendance list:
Laura: 52books
Bailey: paperbackgirl
Ryan: thebronzemedal
Sophie: sleepanddream
Stephanie: zayile
Jay: bagcoffee
Paul: berezina
Nechama: nechamaelle
Mark: markyb
Catherine: icanmakewaffles
Kat: katoleary
Vanessa: vanessafleming
Kevin: fatmanatee
Stephanie: icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse
Jay: happycap
Thanks for...
Credit where it's due:
As it turns out, there are really nice people in my little corner of the internet. The home front got a much-needed redesign yesterday courtesy of Ryan and I’m here to tell you that things look pretty smooth. Laura was also my ghostblogger last week and I hope we can keep working together to improve the bolding skills of the interwebs.
These people are pretty great and it just goes to show...
How Bizzare
I mean, if we’re going to explore unusual marriages, we might as well consider unusual literary deaths…
1751: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the author of L’Homme machine, a major materialist and sensualist philosopher died of overeating at a feast given in his honor. His philosophical adversaries suggested that by doing so, he had contradicted his theoretical doctrine with the...
Oustandingly strange competition for odd book... →
“A global perspective on soft cheese packaging, the summation of a lifetime’s work on monkey-related philosophy, and the long-awaited book-length consideration of Large Sieves are among the books in contention for the Bookseller magazine’s annual Diagram prize for oddest title, in a year that judges have declared outstandingly strange.”
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“The prize was...
Bibliotherapy?
Surprise, I’ve been thinking about reading! I do it every day and it is simply looking at words on paper. But just how beneficial are the effects? The term “reading” is pretty vague as it can apply to anything from newspaper articles, to subway signs, to liner notes. However, the medium I am taking into consideration here is that of fiction literature. It has been around for ages...
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A gift from me to you, even if it's electronic and... →
Fortune Cookie Messages Appropriate for Dickens...
Your streak of meeting weird people with preposterous names will continue unabated.
You are never selfish with your advice or your help, even when you are dead.
Smiling can make you feel and look younger and less like an orphan.
A firm friendship will be the secret to your financial success. That and realizing you were rich all along.
You bring cheer to children and the elderly as well as...
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Bloc Party - This Modern Love
To be lost in the...
“In 2002, Google began to drink the milkshake of the book world.”
– Opening line in Monday’s New York Times article regarding the relationship of books and technology. Next thing you know, novels are going to be called bastards in a basket.
How to get a large amount of reading done on a...
Go to your local DMV
Tell them you need a new driver’s license
Morgan Freeman - Easy Reader
From 1971-1977,...
