The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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Roki

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Thomas Friedman Writes For The Daily Planet

Superman, Where Are You?

By Thomas L. Friedman

 

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PUNCH LINES!

 

If I could go to Ireland

I'd stroll down by the sea;

And all the people would say:

Top a the mornin'

To me!

                             (me-2nd grade)

 

Daisy Kincaid: Well then give me your definition of grammar!

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A Fantastic Tumblr

It's not mine, but I was once involve in a musical theatre event with this very clever writer:

http://horseysurprise.tumblr.com/

I check it all the time.  Thought you might all be amused.

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A Friday afternoon in bloom at the Haikulodeon ...

 
 
 
In 2009, I came up with the idea of designating April ,  "Spondylitis Awareness Month."   
 
This Sunday marks the start of another April, and the Fourth ye

For "Mad Men" fans only: maybe you could call it creativizing history?

The opening scene of the first episode this season, (the Young & Rubicam water bombs thrown on Madison Avenue protestors) was not fiction. It came verbatim, including the dialogue, from a May 28, 1966 New York Times front page story.

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HP and the Methods of Rationality

Yes, I enjoyed the original Harry Potter novels, and the films, and watching Emma Watson grow up, but a fanfic called Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality has really caught my interest. Author Eliezer Yudkowsky (aka Less Wrong) has not only reacted to some of the common complaints about Rowling's plot, such as Harry being an indifferent student, he has written a story that makes science and reason seem magical and powerful. Yudkowsky's Harry does occasionally sound more like Encyclopedia Brown than Tom Brown:

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HOBART; A NOVEL

CHAPTER ONE

 

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Just another Friday afternoon at the haiku-lodeon

 
This week's heap of haikus: 
 
 
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 If you choose to use
a magnifying glass, know
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SUPER TUESDAY!

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Eggs Americana

 

Whether it's the River Run, Crossroads, or Fay's,

the Polka Dot, Loons on a Limb, or Four Aces,

a new breakfast joint is hard to breach; you're as

welcome as an order of English muffins and tea. 

 

Shaded eyes from back booths slide off you

quicker than two poached eggs off a saucer;

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