Tag Archives: Books

New Apple MacBooks

Until I can share the look and feel of the new Mac laptops with IRL passerby, here’s a quotation in its stead:
as Apple’s new releases always seem to do, the new models make the old ones look like a pile of puke.
New Apple MacBooks

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Why An Exciting Book Is Just As Thrilling As A Hair-raising Movie

Scientists watched brain activity of subjects while watching short film clips that grossed them out and then also gave them.

“What this means is that whether we see a movie or read a story, the same thing happens: we activate our bodily representations of what it feels like to be disgusted– and that is why reading [...]

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I Know What You Read Last Summer — Art Garfunkel publishes his reading list

You love his voice for Scarborough Fair and Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
You own all his recordings.
Well, now you can read everything he’s ever read!
He’s published his reading list, year by year.
Image by Pathfinder Linden via Flickr.

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Seeing Redd & Reading Frank Beddor (extremely brief episodes (2007-10-25)

Frank Beddor’s new book takes Alyss further into Wonderland

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The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

Want to know the secret story Lewis Carrol didn’t dare to tell?

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Beowulf: violent, sexy, mythic, and in the original Old English (extremely brief episodes (2007-10-02)

Beowulf
violent, sexy, mythic, and in the original Old English (I wish!).

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Gossip Girl Looks Fake in a Hot Way (extremely brief episodes (2007-09-24)

The billboards & online eyeball ads for Gossip Girl lack of versimilitude. All the girls are gossip-worthy themselves & don’t look like pro gossips.#

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Does Splenda Make Your Toes Fall Off? (extremely brief episodes (2007-09-22)

I’ve never figured out what Splenda is made of. Or if there are any studies showing that using it in iced-tea makes your toes fall off. #

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What to Do If You Lose A Library Book

A Very, Very True Story
On the fourth of July, I took a book with me to see a forgettable movie with my father at The Grove. I left it in the chair in the movie. I went back the next day to the lost and found. It was not there. I [...]

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