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Thanks entirely to andylama, I have been reveling in the joys of niche perfumery. Perfumes that don't smell perfumey, b'gosh. They are creative, unusual blends that are a treat to wear, even for someone like me, who thought she didn't much like perfume. It turns out I like some of the more unusual, expensive stuff - not surprising, after all.

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And that means YOU.


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Okay, this got me out of my self-pitying funk!

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That's the name of a very funny series of short films about the mating lives of insects - as acted out by Isabella Rossellini! I quite enjoyed the bee and the snail especially ( Read more... )

Poll Which video should I leave out?

What this woman can do with her voice, a piano and a guitar. So beautiful.

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Have you ever noticed how so many non-fiction book titles seem to fall into the same cliché these days? Subject: Subtitle to Grab You. A friend of mine mentioned that the subtitle in many of them is an overblown claim that it changed the world, and remarked how this is applied way too often.

How often? Well, a quick Amazon search for "that changed ( Read more... )

If you are interested in creativity, kids and/or education, you could do worse than to spend 20 minutes listening to this very entertaining talk!

Quote: "We are educating people out of their creative capacities."