How books got their titles (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A clickable index of titles covered so far... 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke A Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol l All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara Arden of Faversham, possibly by William Shakespeare Around the World in Eighty...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
"Press? I could tell by your clothes..." sniffed one greeter at the New York Public Library's black-tie Library Lions gala last night, analyzing this GalleyCat editor's corduroy jacket, wrinkled slacks, and uncharacteristically snazzy leather shoes. The guests sipped cocktails in a lavishly decorated salon inside the library, the room decked out with candles, ten-foot-tall floral arrangements,...
Nicholas Allen's Indigo Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
I covered earlier the WCF and WF PDC talks that the team is doing, but there are many other groups coming to PDC to talk about web services. Here is a sample of ten of those other talks that I think WCF developers may find interesting. Developing REST Applications with the .NET Framework by Don Box and Henrik Nielsen Come hear an overview of the REST principles and why REST is becoming popular beyond...
Pardon Power (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The Brooklyn Eagle reports John O'Hara , who was convicted of vote fraud in the early ‘90s, has been readmitted to the state bar. It is also reported that the Committee on Character and Fitness , which reinstated O'Hara, is also reported to have issued a "scathing criticism" of District Attorney Charles Hynes’ decision to prosecute to begin with. Indeed, the Committee expressed...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
It took 12 years, but John O’Hara finally beat District Attorney Charles Hynes.In a scathing criticism of the longtime DA, a state judicial committee said last week that O’Hara, the only man ever convicted in New York for voting in the wrong election...
Musings from Graceland (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
HAVING DONE EVERYTHING HORTON, STAND. By Steve Lambert , Publisher of Five in a Row Today marks the 18th anniversary of the death of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Author of 46 children’s books, Geisel’s books have sold well over a quarter of a billion copies! Think of that- a quarter of a BILLION! From foxes who wore socks to cats who wore hats, from wockets to whos,...
UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
City brushes aside fluoride challenge Posted: Friday, Sep 18, 2009 - 10:06:26 am PDT By CONOR CHRISTOFFERSON Staff writer SANDPOINT — Much to the chagrin of the 20-plus anti-fluoride advocates in attendance, the City Council decided Wednesday night to continue its controversial water fluoridation program. After more than an hour of testimony both extolling and denouncing the practice, the council...
Advance Indiana (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Indianapolis Times' blogger Terry Burns takes note of the kicking off of Democrat Terry Curry's candidacy for Marion County Prosecutor in 2010 via a letter to Democratic precinct committeepersons . What caught my eye are the number of prominent Democrats that are supporting him over former State Rep. David Orentlicher and Marion County Assessor Greg Bowes . Among those Burns lists as being members...
What's Left in the Church (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
There are always lists of books purporting to be what one should read. There are also books readers love. A friend of mine sent me along a link that puts them side by side. 1. ULYSSES by James Joyce* 2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald* 3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce* 4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov* 5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley 6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William...
Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Bill Schultz, Ina Meibach and the Theatre Royal Plymouth in association with Industrial Language Ltd present, Music, Lyrics and concept by Pete Townshend Stage Adaptation by Jeff Young, John O’Hara and Tom Critchley Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 September Pete Townshend’s legendary rock opera Quadrophenia which includes the musical hits The Real Me, 5.15 and...
The Cigarette Smoking Blog (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
Via Eli's Coffer , who is carrying on the Yale Mafia 's good name, this dialogue from Confessions of a Superhero , "a 2007 documentary about costumed panhandlers outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre": "Superman" and "Ghost Rider" are walking down the Walk of Fame. Superman: Ya gotta remember there's a lotta dos and don'ts, ah, as a superhero... but if you abide by 'em, you...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Man I love my Commonwealth American Spectator: Yes, They Really Are Mad As Hell By Jeffrey Lord on 8.12.09 @ 6:08AM "She had spent her lifetime in the town, and it was easy to know who everyone was and where everyone lived."-- John O'Hara in Ten North Frederick, a novel about life in small town Pennsylvania I am not a Nazi I am not a Mob I am not a Wacko How dare you… Underneath the...
The Inkwell Bookstore Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
The Kiss Murder by Mehmet Murat Somer. Great cover, great book. Philosophy in the Boudoir by Marquis de Sade. Kinky cover, kinky book. These two beauties were done for Random House UK's re-release of John O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra and Butterfield 8 . Lucky Brits! Hell, even Hanuka's rejected work is incredibly cover-worthy. Here are two pieces Tomer did for the re-release of Yann Martel's Life...
How books got their titles (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
Appointment in Samarra (1934) is John O’Hara’s first novel and one of the great texts of Depression-era America. It concerns the life and self-destructive career of Julian English, a preppy socialite who finally (spoiler here) commits suicide. But the title is rather odd. There is nothing in the book about Samarra, nor anything else Middle-Eastern (Samarra of course is in modern-day Iraq)....
The Cigarette Smoking Blog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
And when I first began to blog I knew it wasn't open mic night at the student union. There would be, I knew, standards. Now that I've taken six months off, I may be able to fulfill them again. Thanks to Pomocon for providing a waystation for my thoughts on the virtues of machine politics . More of that to follow, plus The Brothers Bloom , shame culture, Rick Perlstein's secret advice for the conservative...
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