I just heard about this film, Death of a President, that caused a huge stir at the Toronto Film Festival. I'm sure I'm way behind everyone else on this news (I was on vacation at the time ( Read more... )

This is Banned Books Week's 25th anniversary (September 23-30): www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htmAccording to the American Library Association, 42 of 100 books recognized by the Radcliffe Publishing Course as the best novels of the 20th century have been challenged or banned. Among those challenged this year: "To Kill a ( Read more... )

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Borrowed from likethebeer's post (http://likethebeer.livejournal.com/362419.html). Google "_____ looks like" and you'll get some really hilarious results. Here's mine ( Read more... )

'Twas fun creating her. I used to love The Sims!


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Think you're a good speller? So did I until I read this article from The Guardian. "Ancient English cliches and expressions are being mangled by the culture of cut and paste and the spread of unchecked writing on the internet. According to the Oxford English Corpus, a database of a billion words, dozens of traditional phrases are now more commonly ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, nadine_aI knew I'd love this woman from the first time I saw her. She'd just moved to the area when I sidled up to her at the bar and said, "You're cool. Come to our summer party this weekend." I think I might have scared the crap out of her but we've become buddies since then and I'm very happy 'bout that ( Read more... )

I imagine I'll get a lot of sympathy from this post:

Vacation can be so exhausting!!

Since Madison has an arthouse coffee shop with freshly roasted organic fair-trade beans on every corner why would I ever try anything else? The reason: "today Starbucks is offering customers a complimentary cup of freshly brewed coffee. The offer's good at its more than 7,500 Starbucks around the country between 10 a.m. and noon in a promotion ( Read more... )