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Author Archives: kara
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.
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On the Nightstand.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Editor: Duncan, Ian Publication Date: 20100606
Poisonous Pencils
About two of my favorite people, who hated each other. The Bruiser by William Hogarth (created and printed in 1763). William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) Painter/printmaker/social critic/editorial cartoonist/pioneer of western sequential art paints and the Old King Cole of English pictorial satire, depicter … Continue reading
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Happy Mother’s Day.
If you are expecting a collection of sordid punk rock anecdotes, put down this book and pick up the unauthorized Courtney Love biography. This punk rock The Bell Jar is an achingly sad and complex memoir by the grieving mother … Continue reading
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Derby Day Cover Cavalcade
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Madame Bovary, le Bébé Lapin, C’est Toi
Les sexy rendezvous in Yonville-l’Abbaye! Erotic encounters at the ball at the Chateau de la Vaubyessard! Sexual escapades in the Hotel de Boulogne! Emma Bovary, the raven- ringleted farmer’s daughter from Normandy was an honorary Bunny in Playboy’s August, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged emma bovary pinup, emma bovary plaboy bunny, emma bovary playboy bunny, madame bovary c'est moi, madame bovary playboy
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Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone. -Paul Tillich, … Continue reading
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