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DrPat is the blog signature used by an old coot who hoards books, dances Argentine Tango, cooks a mean venison chili, and is happy to be along for the sag while my spouse does a marathon bicycle ride. All that is in my spare time — and my work life is classified...
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Next Week in the Bookstore: Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a Lost Capote Novel
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Lemony Snicket Vol. 12 Has a Name: The Penultimate Peril
The publisher advises, "Please be warned. This collection is a great deal of misfortune."
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Turkish University President Arrested Amid Allegations of Corruption
Blogcritics reader Haluk Direskeneli pointed out that some of Aşkın's artifacts collection was damaged in the seizure following his arrest.
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US District Court Finds MyFreeMedicine Isn't
Banned ads falsely offered to provide free prescriptions to low-income consumers.
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Weekly BlogScan: Karl Rove
Is he a lightning rod? The Anti-Christ? Just another cog in the Bush machine? Or the Perfect Rovian Storm?
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TV Review: Ballroom Bootcamp Takes on Tango
With so much credit for "the look" and so little, comparatively, for footwork, you have a disputable result...
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21 Things to Love or Despise
Sex. Hot monkey love. Dirty boogie. Horizontal mambo. Tangoing between the sheets... But that's a different list.
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Book Review: An Unreasonable Woman by Diane Wilson
An uncomfortable read: besides Wilson and her opponent, Formosa Plastics, the horrendous litany of toxins is calculated to appall.
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Nearly Nude News: Runs with Underwear
Runners in Hawaai and Nebraska (brrr!) compete in their undergarments.
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Next Week in the Bookstore: Mao, Armstrong, Shakespeare, and Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket has "art too awful to show." Strunk's new style guide also is illustrated. Awful? Wait 'til next week...
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