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I'm a 32 year old female who's lived on the U.S. east coast all her life. I guess I'm a sort of unusual female in that I like women and computers. But other than those two desires, I'd swear I was as normal as they come. Between trying to meet a nice girl in the latest MMOG and writing for and...
Hello. I joined VOX so I could leave comments on Patrick Ng's vox blog as he and I share some interests like toy camera photography. Because joining VOX automatically gave me a blog of my own (not that I really need another one, but it was nice of them) I thought I should at least put some...
What, in your opinion, is the best book that you haven’t liked? Mind you, I don’t mean your most-hated book–oh, no. I mean the most accomplished, skilled, well-written, impressive book that you just simply didn’t like. Like, for movies–I can acknowledge that Citizen Kane is a tour de force...
I have always had difficulty writing introductions for myself in the past. For some reason or another, I could never concisely summarize who I am and what motivates me, but those days are in the past, and now, I suspect I can teach you a lot about myself in a few thousand words. Following is not a...
Lady Liberty: A Biography. Rappaport, Doreen. Illus. Tavares, Matt. Candlewick Press: Cambridge, MA. 2008. This book is just beautiful. A thoughtful and artfully illustrated homage to one of our nation's most powerful symbols, the Statue of Liberty. Told through a series of short vignettes, we hear...
Wikipedia in English Wikipedia en français Wikipedia en Español Wikipedia en Italiano Vicipaedia Latina Vicipaedia est opus commune, quo creetur encyclopaedia libera interretialis. Omnes ad contribuendum invitantur! Vicipaedia adhuc habet 22 408 commentationes. Disclaimers: I don't know Jimmy...
Houdini: The Handcuff King. Lutes, Jason. Bertozzi, Nick. Hyperion: New York. 2007. Were you aware that Harry Houdini jumped handcuffed from the Harvard Bridge into the Charles River? During his extreme popularity here in the states, there wasn't a major U.S. city with a bridge that Houdini didn't...
I first read about Sen. Joe Biden’s nomination to be Sen. Barack Obama’s running-mate through the MSM. It was probably on Google News, in the headlines. Then I saw it here on television, albeit briefly, since a VP nominee doesn’t really have much importance to New Zealanders. I first read...
Young Pele: Soccer's First Star. Cline-Ransome, Lesa. Illus. Ransome, James. E. Schwartz & Wade Books. New York. 2007. Edson had a hard time paying attention in school, but he could memorize soccer scores. For what he lacked as a student, he more than made up for with his passion for soccer; a love...
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad. Levine, Ellen. Illus. Nelson, Kadir. Scholastic Press: New York. 2007. (Caldecott Honor Book.) The story of slavery has many voices. Too often the power of these voices are lost to the passage of time, or the lack of written words....
Love hate relationship? The truth, here. E ainda sobre Naipaul, eu adoraria ter aqui um scanner para vos mostrar duas fotografias que a biografia dele, escrita pelo Patrick French. Uma dele com a primeira mulher. Outra dele com a amante. Sao duas coisas completamente diferentes e a maneira como ele...
Antes de ir para o Pacifico. Sempre com a biografia do VSNaipaul atras... Acho que este livro vai marcar este meu verao 2008 (senao marcar a minha vida tambem...) <3 I miss you Peet <3
In 1869, while he was just fifteen, Vincent obtained a position with the art dealer through his uncle Vincent, who had built up a good business which became a branch of the firm. After his training, the art dealer transferred him to London in 1873, where he worked at its branch. This was a happy...
Wikipedia states:Watchman Nee (倪柝聲 pinyin: Ní Tuòshēng;, 1903–1972) was a Chinese Christian author and church leader during the early 20th Century. He spent the last 20 years of his life in prison and was severely persecuted by the Communists in China[1]. Together with Wangzai, Zhou-An Lee, Shang-Ji...
Wikipedia states:John Livingston Nevius (1829-1893) was a Protestant missionary in China and Korea, appointed by the American Presbyterian Mission. Indigenous Church Mission After questioning the methods of western missionaries of his time, he took up the Venn-Anderson principles of...
Text and Audiobooks On This Site The School of Obedience The Quotable Christian states:Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was one of four children, raised in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. He was educated in Scotland and spent three years of theological study in Holland. He returned as a missionary and...
There are not many works of medieval female troubadours or trobaritz, as they called them in Occitan, that survived to our days. Specialists attribute to them from twenty three to forty six works only. We have names of a dozen or more trobaritz but very few biographical details. Some of them were...
American Idol 2008 rockstar - Barack Obama's Biography
Cancer memoirs are a tricky thing at the best of times, with high potential for mawkishness and general self-indulgence. Sadly, this falls towards the 'fail' end of the spectrum. Lopsided starts off well, discussing the [African-American] author's life in France with her new husband, and the...
Apparently, it's still not common knowledge that "zigazig ahhhh" was Spice Girls slang for sex c1996. I find this odd, as my ninth grade class had figured it out for ourselves, right before we all realised that we were way too cool and mature to be Spice Girls fans, and settled for buying all their...
