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John Updike (1932 - 2009)

This part especially resonated with me:

Raised in the Protestant community of Shillington, Pa., where the Lord's Prayer was recited daily at school, Updike was a lifelong churchgoer influenced by his faith, but not immune to doubts ( Read more... )

Since I can't concentrate on theory and Sanskrit worth crud...

If you voted (honor system here), drop me a fandom/character prompt relating in some way to politics/voting/elections in general and I'll write you a little ficlet! This is the time to talk about politics at the dinner table, folks. :D

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Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" in Yiddish:
I thought this was a riot: Sie schicken mir zu rehab, ich zog nisht nisht nisht... (yes, I'm using German spelling, forgive me). :p



Bid to create world's largest sandwich in Iran fails after crowd eats it before it can be measured
This is kind of sad...but what can I say, I have a rather black sense of humour

I want to be an old lady like that--though probably not a nun, being Jewish and all that. :p

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Yes, there is a fic behind this, where I want to pin down the location of Durmstrang somewhat more precisely. Is it in Scandinavia? Russia/Siberia? Preferably for story purposes it should be somewhere where one could take a train to the vicinities, at least...

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So it looks like I won't be getting Breaking Dawn until this weekend at the very earliest, possibly later. At this rate, I don't really care - I wasn't particularly enthused before I knew much of anything about the book, and now that I have caved and read some spoilerific reviews, my interest has plummeted even further. As I remarked in minisinoo's journal ( Read more... )