"Daylight Slavings Time is our just punishment for allowing the government to tell us what time it is." - Scott Bieser

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As if Lyme disease weren't reason enough to fear ticks, now the bite of a particular type of tick can cause one to become allergic to red meat. Has PETA gone and genetically modified it?

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This one is for Sunni.

A Poem Like A Grenade

It is made to be rolled down
a flight of stairs,
placed under a guilty hat,
or casually dropped into a basket
among the desks
of the wrongheaded statesmen.

As it tumbled on the carpeted stairs
or settles quietly
in its wire-wicker nest,
it begins to unfold,
a ragged flower whose raw petals
burn and scar...

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Here's one of mine:

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HT: the breda fallacy

Can't find anything to disagree with in Wendy's lasted blog post - Do Not Squander Your Life. Thank you, Wendy.

" Rights belong to individuals, not groups: Just because all the other kids jump off the bridge, it doesn't mean you can push me off, too."
--Tamara K.

Back in October, I posted a list of books I remembered that I'd read up to that point.  Here's an addendum:

Tony Judt: Memory Chalet
Tim Ferris: 4 Hour Week
Henryk M. Broder: Hurra, wir kapitulieren
Friedrich Ani: Idylle der Hyänen
Robert B. Parker: Painted Ladies
James Salter: 1. Burning the Days; 2. A Sport and a Pastime
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Can anyone recommend a good source for purchasing German-language e-books?  I can use Calibre to convert most e-pubs for use on my Kindle, so format shouldn't be an issue. I'm looking for more contemporary authors rather than stuff on Project Gutenberg.