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18
Mar
2009
According to Their Deeds  

110 days ago by Beauty Tips

Y’all know that some of my favorite fiction is the Southern story, Jan Karon’s At Home in Mitford series being a prime example. I don’t know if that constitutes an official genre but it’s what I like. I also like fiction that is smart and witty and Paul Robertson’s newest novel According to Their De ...

Beauty Time Blog - beautytimeblog.com

16
Mar
2009
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111 days ago by scotchneat

Loves me some literary allusions

scotchneat.ca - scotchneat.ca · Rank: 34,262 · 10 references

16
Feb
2009
Mice, Men, Cabbages, Kings  

139 days ago by Gene

Technorati Tags: Andrew Sullivan, Republican Party, Pundits, Literary allusions, Blogosphere Oh, the hand-wringing. Oh, the misery. Oh, the moaning. The right wing punditry and blogo/blathersphere, Dear Gentle Reader(s), are spilling vast amounts of e-ink over the “fecklessness” of the Republican Pa ...

Trust, But Verify - grtoutrustbutverify.blogspot.com · Rank: 165,982 · 3 references

10
Feb
2009
“Quote” of the Day + Grr  

145 days ago by brain

Attributed to Ellen Degeneres: “In the beginning there was nothing. God said, ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.” This line, almost verbatim, was part of an episode of SCTV made when Ellen Degeneres was probably in freakin’ hi ...

Brain Ink - brainink.wordpress.com · 3 references

27
Jan
2009
Rush Limbaugh, attention whore  

159 days ago by brain

Rush Limbaugh has declared that President Obama is frigtened of him. This is based on a comment Obama (allegedly) made to Republican leaders, which isn’t in the CNN story, that, “You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.” Let’s lay a little groundwork here. Obviously, Limbaugh is n ...

Lady with a Hat - ladywithahat.wordpress.com · 2 references

26
Jan
2009
Ch. 1, pg. 7: a votary of the Blue Flower  

161 days ago by cslewisnotes

The blue flower was a symbol for the German Romantic movement. It originated in the works of the German author Novalis, and eventually came to represent bittersweet longing, the Sehnsucht that Lewis spoke of. “The ‘blue flower’ is unattainable and is to remain unattainable. Romantics expressed a lon ...

Surprised by Joy: A Web ... - cslewisnotes.wordpress.com · 1 reference

17
Dec
2008
Preparation Tidbits, part 1  

201 days ago by Alissa

I have spent the last few months preparing for my upcoming year-long trip in numerous ways, all of which will hopefully be discussed on this blog in the next month or so. Even though I'm still not quite finished with my southern road trip (two entries left!), I felt the following factoid marked a go ...

Wide Eyes, Wider World - alissaswideworld.blogspot.com · 1 reference