February 2012
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“There were frogs there all right, thousands of them. Their voices beat the...”
– From Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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“Then the creeping murderer, the octopus, steals out, slowly, softly, moving like...”
– From Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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"Parents Say Classic Fairy Tales Are Too Scary to... →
Someday I might have children of my own and I might feel differently then, but right now I’m all in favor of the Victorian tradition of scaring the pants off your kids so they won’t travel too far down the road to Hell.
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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I just fell in love with Ann Patchett. The Colbert Report, 20 February 2012.
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Lorem Ipsum Books in Inman Square = New Favorite... →
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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From "The Vigilant Rabbit" in "Squirrel Seeks...
[The rabbit] looked up to see a magnificent white unicorn. His silky mane curled about his neck in waves the color of buttercups. Equally brilliant was his horn, which looked to be made of gold. At his approach the rabbit put down his pencil:
Rabbit: State your name and your business.
Unicorn: I'm a unicorn. And I come to bring joy to all the forest creatures.
Rabbit: Not with that horn you don't.
Unicorn: I beg your pardon?
Rabbit: I said, lose the weapon.
Unicorn: The horn is what makes me who I am!
Rabbit: Which is unwelcome. Now do as I say or beat it!
Unicorn: But happiness follows me wherever I go! I can make a rainbow just by flicking my tail.
Feb 19th
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Feb 18th
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The Top Ten Best David Sedaris Stories From "This... →
Feb 18th
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Limerick from "The Sick Rat and the Healthy Rat"...
A she-rat I had as a roomie said illness just strikes if you’re gloomy. Since she was injected with AIDS, I’ve detected an outlook a lot less perfumy. 
Feb 17th
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David Sedaris on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” 11.4.10 discussing Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk and confirming everything I feel to be true about David Sedaris.
Feb 17th
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10 Questions for David Sedaris by David Sedaris... →
Feb 16th
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“Now, I like a church service, but this was one of those write-your-own-vows...”
– The Baboon, ”The Cat and the Baboon” in Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris
Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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"Does Boarding School Screw You Up For Life?" by... →
Boarding school sounds an awful lot like my childhood…. where I grew up in my parents’ house with them and my four older siblings.
Feb 12th
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“Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more...”
– Pseudonymous Bosch (via vastpastiche)
Feb 11th
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Feb 11th
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“Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from...”
– Charles Bukowski (via thegirlandherbooks)
Feb 10th
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"Can the Kindle save Anna Karenina?" by Jeff... →
In this article Alexander doesn’t dismiss hardcopy books, he doesn’t predict that they are going obsolete, he doesn’t say actual books don’t have merit, nor does he say that old books are bad, useless, irrelevant, or boring. His thesis is: E-readers may be causing more readers to read Classics.  Books that are past their copyright dates are generally free for Kindles,...
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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February 9th: Some Famous Birthdays (and mine)
Amy Lowell, 1874, American Poet from Massachusetts; Carmen Miranda, 1909, Brazilian actress who wore fruit on her head;  Gypsy Rose Lee, 1911, burlesque dancer; Brendan Behan, 1923, Irish poet and playwright; and Alice Walker, 1944, American author (if you haven’t read The Color Purple you should). I had my family birthday dinner last night because I have to work tonight.  It was nice, got...
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Addicted to Downton Abbey Reading List →
Feeling validated that both Agatha Christie and EM Forster made it on this list.
Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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Sunday Diversion: A Second Line Quiz (with... →
Can you tell what these books are based on their second lines?
Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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“I don’t want to earn my living; I want to live.”
– Oscar Wilde (via mydreamreality, reluctantbuddha) (via socrazytosaygoodbye) (via booksandghosts)
Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer →
bookworm73: For example… 16. Neil Gaiman: On feedback… When people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.
Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you....”
– Winnie the Pooh (Submitted by my-candy-jar)
Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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