This list claims that most adults have only read about 6 of the 100 books. Some of these I've read and loved, some I've read and hated, some shouldn't be on the list at all. Some I'd love to read, and others I've never heard of. The list is flawed, as it contains series and then lists a book from a series later on. But we'll live ( Read more... )

Hey breathe_anew, remember yesterday when we were talking about how utterly tragic it is that men's wants and wishes aren't forming a crucial aspect of the gender and development discussion?

Perhaps it has something to do with this anecdote I found.
Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood once asked a male friend why men feel threatened by women. He replied: "They ( Read more... )

How many of you know, when I say the name Suharto, whom I'm referring to? How many of you do not know? How many of you have heard the name somewhere but don't know anything else?

I have found a web site that thoroughly amuses me. Perhaps this is only because I am a former English major and a lot of these are actually true. They're generally only funny if you read the ones for books you yourself have read.
Book a minute gives tiny summaries of classic literature
Have fun

I need a copy of Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht. I need it now. It's for a class. I thought I had a copy which I'd gotten from somewhere at the beginning of the semester, but it's a corrupted file. If I can't find this text, I'll be writing an exam tomorrow about a text I've never read in my life ( Read more... )

And now I'm told my usual behaviour while singing in the shower or wandering around my room is actually theraputic?
Read about the wonderful role of music in complainers' lives
Or
Visit the Complaints Choirs web site

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Ok, fellow Canadian citizens. I know this is a contencious issue, but there's really no way of proving that people's gayness makes them more likely to carry some undetectible disease than anyone else. So,
Click here and sign the petition allowing everyone to donate blood. Note that you can only sign if you have a Canadian address. Americans, if you ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who helped with the icons. Thank you technogoddesss for finding Rhiannon with the Celtic knots, and thanks to caninespirit for the use of the other Rhiannon images. Also, thanks to keys1235 for helping me find the wings.

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