Portraits this time.

( Five of them. )

Some LJ friends have decreed September to be Photography Month. I don't know the first thing about photography as art, so I'll try photography as history.

( In no particular order. )

Swiped with permission from xpired39 . Enjoy.

Every year, English teachers from across the USA submit their collections of actual
analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are
published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country.

Here are last year's winners:

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( Disgusting, but perfect. )

Longtime companions Ben & Jerry have offered their support in the way they know best: by changing the name of one of their more popular flavours.
The press release.


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On advice from
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Birthers Want To See Obama's Penis

By Kay Steiger(Edit, to draft, Slurp)

( This is one creepy discussion! )

What bothers me most about the ranters at those Health Care Town Hall things is that news announcers, guest commentators, political analysts, all keep referring to them as 'average Americans.' Let's hope not.

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For the final day of Movie Month, I'm listing my choices for top ten examples of film-makers making films about films and the making of films. ( Read more... )