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  1. New Books

    It has been a while but I got to go to one of my favorite bookstores today, so I loaded up on a bunch of new books, becasue it is not as if I don't already have too many that I haven't read yet.

    Robinson Crusoe ~ Daniel Defoe

    Under Westren Eyes ~ Joseph Conrad (This one was going out on a limb a little bit, and it helped that it was really cheap, because right now my relationship with Conrad is tenuous)

    The American ~ Henry James

    I,
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  2. The Face of Evil

    This blog is very hard for me to write. This story was pointed out to me by a friend on Wednesday morning and I wanted to blog about it almost immediately but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I thought about it that evening, thought about it the next day, and both times my heart couldn’t do it. Here I am late Friday, actually now early Saturday, and pushing myself to do it because it must be done, because maybe, just maybe, one person might read this and have a change of heart. But mind you, ...

    Updated 01-22-2011 at 02:12 AM by Virgil

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  3. 1598

    Have a nice day.

    Updated 05-10-2012 at 07:49 AM by rich14285

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  4. On Critics

    I absolutely loved this, it made me laugh out loud.

    From The Monk by Matthew Lewis

    For though All are not able to write
    books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.
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  5. I feel just like Sigourney Weaver...

    by , 01-19-2011 at 04:50 PM (day in a life)
    ...when she had to kill those aliens.

    my new favorite is John Grant, his lyrics seem odd at first glance but when you take a closer look and listen you can find so much more than quotes to movies. a few af of his lyrics cut deep, 'It's easier' got me thinking and I find it describes my life a few years back very well. I used to drop friends like trash if I thought they might hurt me, that is one of the reasons why I have only one friend today, even though I did 'dump' her once, she ...
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