Making book

Inspired by a conversation I had with the daughter of a cousin of mine, and the serendipitous appearance of a couple of articles in the paper:

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I knew I was approaching my destination when I turned onto RT-16, and saw the Moose Crossing signs. The fesenjan was well-received, and I took people out to a restaurant called The Muddy Moose (quite good, I had the salmon).

I have planted gourd plants and seed in manure, and I have learned, according to a fourth-grader, "the coolest thing about

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First, a real quote from a real story ( Read more... )

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Note: variations based on gender or track length or other differences have been ignored. Speed skating is speed skating no matter who does it or how long the stretch.

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Your 1930s Reading Habits Are Not My 1980s Reading Habits

There was a little article at The Register here, which was of interest to me because an Android-based e-reader might be the first really useful Kindle-ish item out there, but let's face it, it's not interesting enough to make a post.

But this comment on the article is: People keep saying ( Read more... )

(The inadvertently funny quotes are too numerous, insert your own ironic comment here)

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Can't resist quoting this bit though:
It's the same story for Brandon Sanderson, a fantasy author who was called out of the blue by the widow and editor of the late Robert Jordan, creator of the bestselling Wheel of Time books, to complete his series when ( Read more... )

In results presented on June 9, 2009 at the 214th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers (including Charles H. Townes, Edward H. Wishnow, Dale D.S. Hale, and B. Walp) reported that Betelgeuse appears to have decreased its diameter by more than 15 percent since 1993...

(www.solstation.com)

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