Murphy Daley is a long-time BlogCritic. Murphy’s first book The Parable of Miriam the Camel Driver draws from her experience in corporate America to examine the bigger questions about balancing career and creativity. Currently she is working on a travel memoir in Claremont, Ca.
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Reflections on the LA Immigration Protests
Half a million people gathered to be heard on immigration. But King Kong is released on DVD this week!
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Book Review: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Orwell gives exactly the sort of detail I would ask for if it were a friend of mine telling me their story over a drink.
A man, recently released from prison, struggles with crime and the things he knows.
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Sniff…Our Little Internet Is Growing Up
Others started the Internet... the World Wide Web. It’s my Internet. I’ll share it, but it is mine like the air I breathe.
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Valley of the Shadows
Fight the powers that be! I'm talking about non-conformity!
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Play Review: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
There are a lot of funny moments. But the scene where Kate begs the servant for food did not make me laugh.
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CD Review: Like a Virgin : Old School Madonna
The big M has a new album coming out, and the slathery reviews for it all say something like 'She's gone back to her dance roots!' What exactly are Madonna's roots anyway?
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Naming Conventions
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
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Christmas Eve dinner
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