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The Key and the Content Nabokov arises early in the morning and works. He does his writing on filing cards, which are gradually copied, expanded, and rearranged until they become his novels. The Paris Review: The Art of Fiction No. 40 I’m working through each section of a paper in the Craft of Research series this spring using an image that has worked for me in the past, and which is by no means original, …
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Interconnected, a blog by Matt Webb, , more info
Tech has graduated from the Star Trek era to the Douglas Adams age We seem to be moving from technology inspired by Star Trek to tech straight out of books by Douglas Adams? This is not my observation. I was on the podcast WB-40 this week, talking about crowdfunding, narrative hooks, and how to preserve a lightness of being. Here it is, WB-40 episode 288: Crowdfunding. After we were done recording, Lisa Riemers, one of the hosts, commented that my recent projects could …
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St Mary Axe Church Site of St Mary Axe Church, 1230 - 1561.City of London
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STACK magazines - Editorial, , more info
Land Back’s vision of a fairer future The post Land Back’s vision of a fairer future appeared first on STACK magazines.
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Son of the Black Sword ✍️ Written by: Larry Correia 🏷 Genre: Scf-fi / Fantasy 🗓 Published: 2015-10-15 📄 Pages: 476 🧐 My rating: ★★★★☆ (4 stars) After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world. Mankind was nearly eradicated by the seemingly unstoppable beasts, until the gods sent the great hero, Ramrowan, to save them. He united the tribes, gave them magic, and drove the demons into …
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Book review: ‘The Wonder’ by Emma Donoghue There is a film adaptation, but read the book first: you won’t be able to put this page-turner down until the very end!
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Aaron on Scouting, , more info
Let’s tip our hats to Eagle Scout William Byron, winner of the Daytona 500 In five Daytona 500 starts before last weekend, William Byron had never cracked the top 20. But Scouting taught Byron all he needed to know about perseverance. “I need to get to the end,” Byron said last week. “That’s the goal this year.” Boy, did he ever accomplish that. Byron, the class of 2015 Eagle Scout from Charlotte, N.C., won a thrilling Daytona 500, barely holding off teammate Alex Bowman …
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La devise du web A short thort
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Axel Munthe and a book that was on every shelf The Story of San Michele by Axel Munthe published 1929 Anyone who hung around second-hand-bookshops and Oxfam shops in pre-Internet days will surely recognize at least the idea of this book. I’m going to say it: there was an old copy of this on every swap/share/sell bookshelf for 30 years, and most of us will have had a relative with a copy somewhere. Axel Munthe's The Story of San Michele …
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Nihilism and anarchy in comic books! Steve Gerber had some great ideas. The Legion of Nihilists, occasional foes of Daimon Hellstrom, sounded like one of them, but it wasn’t.According to the cult’s leader, Father Darklyte, the … The post Nihilism and anarchy in comic books! appeared first on Atomic Junk Shop.
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A Life in Photography, , more info
Georgia Small Towns: Warm Springs The Hotel Warm Springs, Warm Springs, Georgia.One of the smallest, and to me, most interesting of Georgia's small towns is Warm Springs. I think it's one of the state's best-kept secrets.The commercial district is a single block long, anchored at one end by the Hotel Warm Springs Bed and Breakfast, and at the other end, across the street, the Bulloch House Restaurant. Both sides of the street are lined with …
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for some the extermination of the cancer is inseparable from the decreation of the city others associate the decreation with an unstoppable flow of leakage while others associate the decreation with falling rates of profit and the barely perceptible appearance of the human body C and L and me went to Hell in Michigan this past weekendWiki's Four Theories on Hell's name:There are a number of theories for the origin of Hell's name. The first is that a pair of German travelers stepped out of a stagecoach one sunny afternoon in the 1830s, and one said to the other, "So schön hell!" (translated as, "So beautifully bright!") Their comments were overheard by some locals …
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How George Knapp Knew Bob Lazar was Telling the TRUTH!! Project Gravitaur The UFO Experience is largely based upon Belief, and here's a short "promo video" teasing one of the classic controversial cases in all of ufology. Another example is Rich Reynolds' Former UFO Study Official Confirms Info Found in Anthony Bragalia's FOIA Related to UFO Debris. This seems not "new news," per Billy Cox' October 25th A Glimmer of Light from the Black World. And comments to Rich's October 18th A …
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The Pasta Project – Authentic Pasta Recipes, , more info
Lemon Water Spaghetti (A unique pasta al limone recipe) This divine lemon water spaghetti is based on a recipe by Neapolitan Michelin star chef Peppe Guida. It uses a unique approach to cooking the pasta, resulting in a silky lemon pasta sauce using very simple ingredients. This is a very refreshing and perfect summer pasta al limone. History I came across this recipe whilst... The post Lemon Water Spaghetti (A unique pasta al limone recipe) appeared first on The …
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TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"), , more info
The world is full of good people I fully believe what I wrote in the title. Here's one example:The child, a first-grader named Levi, was in tears as he climbed aboard the school bus.“I asked him, ‘Hey, buddy, what’s wrong?’ and he told me he didn’t have any pajamas for pajama day,” Farrish said. “His school was having a special day where kids could wear their pajamas all day.”...After he dropped off Levi and about 40 other …