31 July 2007

The Way We Live Now

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A Flickr portrait of July 2007. Last night I started the book myself. Of course, some kids are too busy doing other things.
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30 July 2007

Gregory Smith: "Getting to Be Kind of Bad"

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Here's material from an MTV Movie Blog interview with Gregory Smith , who plays older brother Max Stanton in his next movie. (Thanks to ...
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29 July 2007

The Bags Swipe at Tolkien-esque Narrative Heavy Metal

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Bookshelves of Doom spreads the word of the recording called "L. Frank Baum" by the Bags, a Boston rock group. How had I missed t...
28 July 2007

Should You Address Prof. Snape with Respect?

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From Geek of All Trades I learned about this Times of India profile of Sudhir Dixit, the literature professor who translates J. K. Rowlin...
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27 July 2007

Junie B. Jones and the Judge

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In a controversy-stirring article on Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones books yesterday, the New York Times quoted Elizabeth Bird of Fuse #...
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26 July 2007

Might as Well Jump

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(Click on picture for video .) Ah, those crazy Dutch. First they were competing at dangling off bluejeans over canals . Then they were colle...
25 July 2007

Who You Gonna Call?

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Last month New York-based schoolteacher Monica Edinger blogged about her unit on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . In addition to Baum's orig...
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24 July 2007

Hunger for Books, Desire for Martyrdom

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Somini Sengupta's article from Pakistan in today's New York Times struck me for the familiar details of its portrait of teenaged g...
23 July 2007

Constabulary Notes from All Over

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From a story by Michael Jones in the 20 July Observer-Reporter of Washington, Pennsylvania: McDONALD - Follow the yellow-striped road throu...
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22 July 2007

Wholly Nine Yards

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Last month Language Log spread the word that the phrase "the whole nine yards" can now be dated as early as...1964. Yes, I can no...