Claire | April 13, 2011
The shortlist for this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s annual book award for fiction written by a woman, was announced yesterday. Orange Prize for Fiction Awards Ceremony at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre: 8 June 2011 London, 9.30am, 12 April 2011: The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for [...]
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Claire | April 13, 2011
EP stands for Extended Play - longer than a single, but shorter than a full album. A B-Side used to be when you bought a single on vinyl or cassette, the single would be on the A-Side and an unrealesed song would be on the B-Side.
Category: Miscellaneous, Music |
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Claire | April 9, 2011
Scott Adams, who writes the Dilbert comics, had a great article in the Wall Street Journal today. How to Get a Real Education at College “when it came to discussing who should be our new leader, I pointed out that my friend—the soon-to-be-fired bartender—was tall, good-looking and so gifted at b.s. that he’d be the [...]
Category: Miscellaneous, Philosophy/Ideas |
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Tags: brain food, children, education, interesting articles, the wall street journal
Claire | April 9, 2011
I love Nashville alt-rock band Safetysuit. Though their songs are always better than their music videos.
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Claire | April 6, 2011
Somehow, you had to find sanctuary from the dust that rose and caught the sun, turning it to powdered gold.
Category: Poetry |
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Tags: gold, Laura Merleau, Laura Merleau Holy, life is beautiful, Poetry, the monarch review, the sun