( mark twain quotes about german )

to whom did I lend:

(a) conversations with god - book 1 by neale donald walsch

(b) the binding chair by kathryn harrison

(c) ratha's creature by clare bell

(d) jurassic park by michael crichton

(e) the english patient by michael ondaatje

(f) ender's game by orson scott card

(g) still life with woodpecker by tom robbins

?

my consolation prize for staying up so late is that I get to read the writer's almanac as soon as it arrives in my mailbox. today's is noteworthy for two reasons:

( the poem of the day is very sibilant )

digital imaging technique helps historians get a fresh look at ancient texts

thanks to rogueclassicism for the link.

joined s.o.s.n.a. joined southwest_center_city. registered with the forum at phillyblog.

[I'll do absolutely anything to avoid actually writing this paper...]

battle for the books of herculaneum

( mtv breaks the news gently )

( sea squirts & single malt whiskey )

excerpted from today's writer's almanac:

it's the birthday of may sarton, poet and essayist, novelist, born in belgium in the village of wondelgem in 1912. her family fled the country during world war i. she grew up in massachusetts, but settled in new york city. she wanted to become an actress, and she spent eight years [on the stage?] during the ( Read more... )

as j.j. says, the spam is mutating! this one purports in its subject line to be pharmaceutical spam, but inside the message itself? no links; no pictures; just . . . pure poetry.

from:
stacee sherell

subject:
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keywords:happened already motor wife yours ( Read more... )