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Happy Sydney Mardi Gras!

Happy Sydney Mardi Gras!

By on March 4, 2011

I love how the exactly the same objections from some sectors come out every single year.

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Thursday Cheezburger: Pride, the Last Deadly Sin

By on August 27, 2009

Runner Up: Related posts: Thursday Cheezburger, Deadly Sin #6: Gluttony Thursday Cheezburger Deadly Sin #5: Envy; and Delurking Day! Thursday Cheezburger Seven Deadly Sins #4: Lust Thursday Cheezburger Deadly Sins Edition #3: Wrath Thursday Cheezburger Deadly Sins #1: Sloth

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Fitzwilliam Darcy became a fan of Fine Eyes.

Fitzwilliam Darcy became a fan of Fine Eyes.

By on January 2, 2009

I unaccountably missed seeing this on Crooked Timber earlier this month, and which is based on McSweeney’s Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition)

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Friday Hoyden: The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

By on December 27, 2008

I’ve just read this book (which my kids “chose” for me as a prezzie), penned by the redoubtable Colleen McCullough. In it she examines the life of the Bennet sisters twenty years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, especially what happens to Mary after long years of spinsterly duty to her querulous mother are [...]

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Librarything “most often marked unread” books meme

By on May 13, 2008

Via willendorf5761 (Who knew there were already 5760 “willdendorf”s on eljay?) What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize [...]

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