December 2009
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Dec 31st
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ListenColleen - “I’ll Read You A...
Dec 30th
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ListenColleen - “A Little Mechanical Waltz”...
Dec 29th
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“In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.”
– Albert Camus, The Plague
Dec 15th
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ListenDump - “On The Right Track Now” Plea...
Dec 15th
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“A duty few men are fit for, but you were born for.”
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“She who sinks under real disappointment lacks philosophy; but she who sinks...”
– Reveries of a Bachelor
Dec 12th
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ListenLupine Howl - “Sometimes” The...
Dec 9th
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“There, Watson! What do you think of pure reason and its fruit? If the...”
– Sherlock Holmes
Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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“And then the various forms He cast Gross organs first and finer last; No one...”
– G.J.
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Some choice excerpts from The Elements of Style's...
Each and every one. Pitchman’s jargon. Avoid, except in dialogue. Enormity. Use only in the sense of “monstrous wickedness.” Misleading, if not wrong, when used to express bigness. Flammable. An oddity, chiefly useful in saving lives. The common word meaning “combustible” is inflammable. But some people are thrown off by the in- and think inflammable means...
Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st