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Posted on January 11, 2012 by kara

I have really slacked off updating this blog. It’s not that  haven’t been reading, I have. In September I sentenced myself to 6 months of self-imposed poverty. I’ve been reading about poverty. I have suffered through; the Catholic orders run … Continue reading →

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The Ghost of Christmas Presents

Posted on December 23, 2011 by kara

As a kid, “Christmas Present” was my favorite of all the Scrooge ghosts, because I thought – of course – that he was “the ghost of Christmas Presents“. And a ghost of Christmas Presents had to be the best of all … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 6, 2011 by kara

I just finished reading a gaggle* of memoirs from survivors of Ireland’s Industrial Schools in the 1950’s. It is flooring how much I don’t know. Will I live long enough to understand everything that has happened in the history of … Continue reading →

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The End. Too Dreadful to Picture.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by kara

Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 14, 2011 by kara

No book has given me more profoundly wicked nightmares than “We Need to Talk About Kevin”.

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Why do all you folks accusing all us folks of hating America, hate America?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by kara

  Checking out reading material in a Paris bookshop last year So, according to a new Gallup poll, a record-high 81% of Americans hate the American Government (i.e. hate America) – hate that has been building up over the past … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 12, 2011 by kara

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Stalwart Conservative Tomes Need to be Smoked Outta Their Holes

Posted on September 10, 2011 by kara

  The sorrowful scene at a closeout sale at an LA suburban Borders had the 22,000-square-foot space draped with those tragic yellow and red signs proclaiming, “Everything goes!” “Everything on sale!” and “Up to 90% off!” With but a few … Continue reading →

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Great Snacks in Literature

Posted on August 2, 2011 by kara

Nancy Drew’s Roadwise Meal from “The Sign of the Twisted Candle”. In The Sign of the The Twisted Candle, Nancy, George and Bess stop at a quirky roadside Inn stop for a light snack of tea and cinnamon toast, but when news … Continue reading →

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Books-A-Million Minus 30.

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kara

  The last-ditch deal that would have had Books-A-Million buy 30 Borders‘ stores –saving nearly 1000 jobs – fell to shit today, signaling a final and certain end for all Borders stores from sea to shining sea. Those 30 stores would have … Continue reading →

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