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reading list 2012
January
Mastiff, by Tamora Pierce
Never Learn Anything from History: A Collection of Comics, by Kate Beaton
Big Yoga: A Simple Guide for Bigger Bodies, by Meera Patricia Kerr
The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman
Guys & Dolls, by Damon Runyon
The Red Garden, by Alice Hoffman
Hark! A Vagrant, by Kate Beaton
February
Clay's Quilt, by Silas House
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SOPA will NOT be postponed until next year.
"Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as possible, before the ( Read more... ) -
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You can make your own Muppet Whatnot at FAO Schwartz.
So my fantasy daytrip to NYC involves the Eloise gift shop and making my own Muppet at FAO Schwartz.
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Kate Beaton does gangsters.
I had to put my pajamas on as soon as I got home or I'd have run out to B&N to buy her book. They sold out of it at the festival. -
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thesilentpoet is selling postcards, many of which are vintage. And she's including poetry or story bits! Go buy some! -
"It says it's a pie chart but it's shaped like a square. Who did that?"
Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss (one of the drummers I loosely base Frankie on) from Sleater-Kinney, Rebecca Cole from The Minders, and Mary Timony from Helium formed a new band called Wild Flag. Their album came out last month. It...well, rocks.
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Speakeasy Dollhouse Kickstarter campaign
OH SWEET JESUS.
Cynthia von Buhler's (née Carrozza) SPEAKEASY DOLLHOUSE is a biographical tale of murder, mafia, and intrigue in New York City told with handmade dolls and sets, in conjunction with an immersive play.
:wipes away embarrassing drool: I feel like someone's been picking my brain. Which would explain the headache, actually.
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