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Books 2009

Amazon.com Widgets These are the books I read this year. Six thousand nine hundred and sixty one pages of bookish goodness, in order of recommendation (within each category)… Fiction: Netherland by Joseph O’Neill The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by … Continue reading

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Beauty

I distinctly remember thinking I was both fat and ugly just before the fifth grade swim social at age eleven. I was probably less than five feet tall and eighty something pounds. How absurd is it that you have to … Continue reading

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Classical Baby

Giacomo Puccini – “O Mio Babbino Caro” Who knew that the most interesting show I’d see on television this month would be on HBO Family and aimed at infants? Certainly not me. At any rate, browsing channels today I happened … Continue reading

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Ohhhhseeee

Press play (wait for it…): Tangerine Dream – Love on a Train The O.C. was fantastic this week. A charming concoction of 80s nostalgia, 90s glitz, and 00s cynicism. Unlike three weeks ago’s sickening Spiderman re-creation, the director included just … Continue reading

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