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  1. A self portrait

    by , 01-29-2012 at 06:09 PM (day in a life)
    I was wondering how you describe yourself. Is it possible to give a realistic description of yourself? Do you define yourself with your taste in music, books or movies. I could tell people my five favorite movies, musicians and authors but does that mean people know anything about me. Probably not because I read books by more authors than I list as my favorite and none of my favorite movies is in the genre I usually prefer movies to be in. Music maybe but that changes with time, for example this ...
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  2. One for the Money

    The title refers to the first novel in a series byJanet Evanovich detailing the sometimes funny, chaotic life of one Stephanie Plum--Bounty Hunter. There are currently 18 books in the series--very fast reads and for the most part fluff with a sweet taste. Truth to tell Stephanie makes Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone a stuffy old maid in comparison.

    I quit around book 12 mostly to catch my breath. I will be the first to admit being a fan of series. I'm also at the age where I can ...
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  3. If You Are Stranded on an Island.......

    And can only choose one book to take?

    We have all heard this question asked many times in a variety of different ways, and I have never been able to give a satisfactory answer to the question. Meaning I could never come up with one solid answer that I felt was the "right" answer, as a person who is used to reading many books at once the thought of choosing only one book, even in purely hypothetical circumstances always seemed a near impossible task, so my every attempt
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  4. Myths For Kids (Or Not)

    My sister is a film editor, but because she had kids, she hasn't really been actively working much, just a couple of small independent projects and so some friends of hers wanted to make their own horror film and asked if she would help out, and she agreed to do it, and my brother-in-law had to go to Florida for business so my parents have been babysitting the kids.

    The other night we were going out to dinner together and my nieces both had these little toy mice they got and so to
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  5. The Eastern Canon

    Various (2400-700BC) Egyptian Book of the Dead
    Anonymous (1800BC) Story of Sinuhe
    Anonymous (1800BC) Epic of Gilgamesh
    Anonymous (1600BC) Enuma Elis
    Various (1000-700BC) Book of Odes
    Kabti-ilani-Marduk (764BC) Epic of Erra
    Vyasa (400BC) Mahabharata
    Valmiki (350BC) Ramayana
    Qu Yuan (340-278BC) and Song Yu (290-223BC) Chu Ci
    Vishnu Sharma (300BC) Panchatantra
    Sudraka (150BC) The Little Clay Cart
    Various (347-759) Manyoshu ...
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