January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Three Panel Reviews
Just discovered an awesome site: http://www.americanchickens.com/cartoons/3panelreviews.php
Basically, if you love literature, hate literature, were an English major, or only read what your teacher imposed upon you in high school, you should check this out.
A few examples:
Anyone remember reading this?
Or this?
How about Dracula?
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Charade
I always enjoy re-watching an old movie I haven’t seen in a while and trying to remember how it ends.
I just wished they aired at normal hours.
September 2011
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August 2011
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HAHAHA YW JOKE!
yeahwriters:
“A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. ‘In English,’ he said, ‘A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.’ A voice from the back of the room piped up, ‘Yeah, right.’”
(Found this here.)
Hello....
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GRAMMAR JOKES ARE AWESOME:
yeahwriters:
intervals:
The past, present, and future walk into a bar. It was tense.
HAHAHAHAHA.
I’m sorry I’m such a nerd, but I had to repost this.
July 2011
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June 2011
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April 2011
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Cleverbot is too amusing for my own good.
Okay, having a little too much fun with this thing: http://cleverbot.com/
It used the word “revered” in a weird context, so I asked about it, and this was the result:
—-Me: What does revered mean?
—-Bot: Ask yourself.
—-Me: Are we being philosophical now, my little bot friend?
—-Bot: I wouldn’t know.
—-Me: Clearly.
—-Bot: Don’t be...
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What to read next?
In 2003 the BBC’s Big Read compiled a list of the 100 most beloved novels of all time. The full list is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml
I wanted to go through and see which ones I’ve read, would like to read, and am guilty of not finishing but would like to finish (i.e. books from high school and college English courses that I procrastinated on and never finished). So, here...
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March 2011
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“I haven’t any right to criticise books, and I don’t do it except when I hate...”
– Mark Twain, referring to Jane Austen in an 1898 letter to Joseph Twichell (via libraryland)
(My note: Wow, Twain really hated Austen…)
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10 overrated literary classics - The National →
irunfrombears:
The National lists their 10 most overrated literary classics. While I don’t agree with most of this list, I do like their suggestions on what to read instead.
OH NO THEY DIDN’T—they did not just diss The Lord of the Rings. Feel my inner-LOTR-geek rage, National Staff!! FEEL IT!
As for Ulysses, I agree completely. Freaking James Joyce. It’s just a parade of...
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“He didn’t say ‘That’s weird.’ He wouldn’t have...”
– from Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
vincetg2 asked: what was the last book you read?
February 2011
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You know when you get an idea...
…and it keeps gnawing and gnawing at the back of your mind until you finally give in? That’s what started this whole thing in the first place. I’ve officially jumped onto the blogging bandwagon with the hopes that unlike many other writing endeavors, I actually stick with it and update on a regular basis.
This sort of thing happens to me all the time. I’ll start...