Has it ever happened to you, while reading a work of fiction, instead of reading in a relaxed atmosphere of your bedroom or on your favorite recliner, you sit in your study room with a legal pad, pencil and computer switched on to make sure you are taking good notes and checking charts and graphs?
Happy Bloomsday, all. Anyone who has read, or attempted to read Joyce's Ulysses Has their story to tell. Here's mine.
A short quiet little book, but it is a pleasure to read.
"I’ll admit it. I was very freaked out. The first thing I did when I got back to my desk was delete the pictures from Flikr."
Time to apologize for lynching and maybe time to give some credit to those who tried to stop it.
And Bush Isn't Pleased...
Why won't some Republicans co-sponsor a resolution that apologizes for past failures to pass anti-lynching laws?
As those who read my immigration posts know, I am a conservative Republican who takes a "middle route" approach . . . .
Def Leppard sounds as good to me today as they did when they released High n’ Dry.
Alanis Morissette gets over her anger, ten years after Jagged Little Pill
Not too many good things come out of Seattle.
Or...more amazing adventures of clueless record executives.
As I sat in my office I felt the ground start to shake. Just as soon as I could say earthquake, it was gone.
Earlier today a Wuppertal judge finally proved that Germans know how to have fun at the office.
Maybe you've had a year like this - here it is, mid-June, and your house still sports a Santa and eight tiny reindeer.
Sometimes you have to have life kick you in the rear pretty hard before you can come to terms with your roots.
It's all things Tut in L.A. this week.
Short, sweet, and to the point. Sometimes the bluntest messages are the most effective.
Radar Online is digging into Kabbalah as well as Mr. Kabbalah himself: Philip Berg
In our monotheistic society, with no other idols to worship, we have created secular icons.
Maybe the public won't mind if I sleep talk to them. Maybe my boss won't mind if I sleep walk.
When I first encountered the body paint images of Nelly Recchia I was stunned, amazed and speechless. If there is a person who has really lifted body painting in to an artform I just found her in the artist Nelly Recchia.
Star and Writer / Director Discuss The Finest Flick About Gender-Confused Dolls Ever Made
L'eclisse epitomises Antonioni's elliptical, enigmatic style. Antonio Pasolini pays tribute to the great director.
A reality show based on dancing? Think it will never happen? Better, how about it comes in top in its time slot?
Kanye falls just short of creating another masterpiece.
If it was anyone other than Nintendo, it would be surprising.
A meeting at the intersection of Art and Commerce.
Terri Schiavo's autopsy is in, but the battle is far from over.
a fine example of powerless people exercising power in meaningless places.
An homage to the game that started ... something.
Stuck in middle relief? Some teams, four in particular, might want to steal you away
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