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May.12.2013
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I am going through so many changes surrounding the cleaning out and getting rid of process. The flat sided panic that I experience while even attempting the smallest disposal seems impossible. I would deny it if I didn't...
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Jan.06.2012
"Mom always said she wanted to go to Paris," my youngest brother said.
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I am going to Paris in the summer. My name is Denise; and with her french accent my grandmother always pronounced it just a little differently than anyone else did. I learned early on in my life that my...
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Jan.04.2012
When I was nine years old, and we were living in Nice, I would sit by the window, in my pyjamas, and watch the neighbours leave home to go to various New Year’s Eve festivities. The men all wore black tie, and the women slunk and sparkled. I gazed and sighed, with occasional...
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Oct.19.2010
Novels don't need to be 'nice'
Readers' appetite for 'likeable' characters limits the imaginative reach of fiction
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Fancy toes style ... James Mason as Humbert Humber and Sue Lyon as Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's film version (1962). Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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Apr.14.2010
“Five Tricks” is an excellent bookChanging children’s total outlook
It is in many languages translatedHow to win in life is narrated
A great King had two childrenTheir brains were fully barren
The King was terribly afraidTo change them he tried
But, nothing could be doneTheir ignorance was a burden...
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Sep.23.2009
"What is your religious preference?" The question caught me off-guard the first time it was asked, but now I have found it rather annoying.
"My What?" Knowing full well what was said, but just hoping that the next time I hear it it won't sound the same way.
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Aug.27.2009
For almost all my life, I have been plagued with bad manners.
Not the kind that I would write about to, say, Miss Manners for some advice, because she might laugh at me or at least not take me seriously.
But it’s been a huge problem nonetheless.
I have been nice. Too nice.
Oh, I can see you all,...
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Mar.11.2009
Lance Armstrong returns; cycling comeback starts in Australia January 19, 2009 - Members of the media surround Lance Armstrong and other riders on Sunday in Adelaide, Australia, before the start of the Cancer Council Classic, a prelude to the Tour Down Under. Image Credit: Jamie McDonald / AFP...
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