Recently readHello mum! After 62 years, the moment a mother was reunited with the girl she gave away. I’m only sorry they didn’t film it and stick the footage on YouTube.
Last night, a friend casually mentioned, as an aside to a larger point she was trying to make, that she’d had a baby girl at […]
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I’ve mentioned this before, but there is something liberating about knowing exactly who can read my Twitter updates (only those people I allow to read them). It has been a very handy tool in helping me work toward a big goal I’ve had set for myself this year: to lead the least secretive life possible. […]
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My father always asks me for a list of presents I want, and won’t take no for an answer. (Not having to participate in the gift insanity would be top of my list, but he doesn’t play that way.) So I’m working on one.
Ezra Jack Keats print (this or this), any size
Amy Ruppel painting
Birds […]
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Saturday, December 8 from noon until 2PM, local artist Sarah Jane Bellamy will be on hand at Nicholas Gallery to inspire and assist adults and kids in creating their own Christmas tree ornaments. This is a free event, and Nick will be providing mixed media art supplies, refreshments, and holiday music, as well as artists […]
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This is that most rare of specimens, a book that is both gripping and a stunning work of art. Vince Frost has done a sterling job designing this coffee table book; the art direction is just a joy. With Amazon flogging it for $23 and change, this would make a great holiday gift for anyone […]
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As I noted in an update here, Pontin’s have removed the photo of me (copyright belonging to journalist Amy Alkon) from their website, but have yet to respond with an explanation or apology for using it in the first place.
I exchanged emails with Pamela Knight, a “PR consultant” for Pontin’s, who went silent when […]
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Johnathan Pearce (the pseudonym of a veteran financial journalist in London) puts it as succinctly as I have seen:
With a large budget and current account deficit, the US has been letting the buck drop to make its exports more competitive overseas and as a result, the euro and the pound have risen, making it […]
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James Waterton writes, from Australia:
Certainly, Howard can accurately claim that Australia became richer and more economically stable whilst he was in office. Nevertheless, he and his team should be remembered as big-government conservatives, and we liberals must not forget that Australia is more prosperous today in spite of his government’s efforts, rather than because of […]
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My 15-word summary of Restless Virgins: Rich girls are sluts, rich guys are jerks AND sluts. Rich parents are damaged suckers.
I felt soiled, used, and ashamed after reading this book. Not because of the multitude of rampant casual hook-ups and group sex described on almost every page, but because the authors tried so very […]
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Mike reports:
Chestnuts from the Anne Frank tree (the one she writes about in her Diary of a Young Girl) are being auctioned off on eBay this week. Apparently the actual tree is diseased and in danger of being taken down before it falls down, so the winner could theoretically be planting a strange little […]
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I was so excited about getting to stay home for the next month. Then I remembered that I have to go to New York next week. I like New York, so it’s a nice problem to have, but still. I miss Cincinnati, my apartment, and my friends.
I spent yesterday with the Schwartzes: breakfast at […]
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I think I always preface anything I quote from Dr Sean Gabb by saying that I do not agree with him on everything, but wow, is he a pleasure to read and listen to when I do. This is one such case.
He emails his account of going on BBC radio to debate Chris Bryant, […]
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Actual headline from the Chillicothe Gazette:
Fire destroys home near Liberty Twp., but rabbit is safe
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Paul Smith cards
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
No more flights until December 23. Hallelujah.
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