August booklist - one-sentence review edition
Because sorry, but even two-sentence reviews are too time-consuming right now. Also, let's play "how many of these books are about England." Becaaaause that would be all but two of them. 1. The Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner Some countries are happier than other countries, but it's anyone's guess a ...
Real Pulp Fiction: ARGOSY, SEPT. 2, 1939
This will be brief because I didn't give myself much time to read this particular issue of the venerable pulp weekly, though all of you can catch up with the whole thing at Unz.org. Sometimes you just have other things on your mind. I did read what are probably the two main stories of the Sept. 2 is ...
Daily Fantasy Football Week 1: Top 5 Players From New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons
Daily Fantasy Football Week 1: Top 5 Players From New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons September 5, 2014 10:37 pm EDT by Roje Smith With an over/under line of 51.5 points, Sunday's Week 1 matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints is looking to be a back-and-forth shootout. Therefo ...
Scholarships Beasiswa
Scholarships Beasiswa Oxford-Chellgren Graduate Scholarship, University of Oxford, UK Oxford-BP-Prince’s Trust Graduate Scholarships, University of Oxford, UK Fulbright DIKTI PhD Scholarship, American Indonesian Exchange Foundation, USA Oxford-Berman Graduate Scholarship, University of Oxford, UK Ox ...
Benefit Concert for the Roeliff Jansen Community Library Music Committee
The Columbia Chamber Players will perform a benefit concert to raise funds for the maintenance of the Library’s donated Mason & Hamlin piano. Karen Bogardus, flute, Ellen Katz Willner, oboe, and Wenhan Anderson, piano, will play trios by Mathias, Dring, and Jacobs, and Gaubert’s Nocturne and Allegro ...
The Friday Rec -- FIC & ART -- "The Curious Case. . ."
HP fandom, and Snape fandom in particular, lost a source of total delight when skittycat moved on to fresh woods and pastures new. But while she was here, she left us some of the most clever, satisfying Snape art ever drawn. Ever wonder what would happen if Severus had a little "incident" with a tim ...
Massachusetts and Norman Rockwell Museum
No Wildlife in New England . . . Except for one roadside moose (pictured above), there is very little wildlife in the Northeast. Canada has squirrels and crows. And Massachusetts has a metal moose! Go figure!!! A visit to Norman Rockwell's Museum . . . Norman Rockwell Museum and Studio A visit to th ...
S'mores On The Great Lawn
It starts out like this, all week actually. Already moist and leaning closer to the ground. Then it pours. But we did it with a wet fire. There were s'mores on the Great Lawn at dusk when the skies cleared. The other blue New England Aster that falls over wet or dry, hence it is not my favorite, is ...
Rusney Castillo Goes 2
PORTLAND, Maine - Rusney Castillo played his first game in New England on Friday night and finished 2-for-3 with a single, an RBI double, a walk and two runs scored in the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs' playoff win. Castillo, who signed with the Boston Red Sox last month and could be in the majors soon ...
New England Patriots: 3 keys to success in 2014
There are high expectations for the New England Patriots heading into 2014. With many experts picking the team to return to the AFC Championship game after they revamped their defense this offseason, it’s pretty much Super Bowl or bust for the promising ...
Cook ponders England one-day questions
England captain Alastair Cook admitted his side had more "questions then answers" confronting them after a 3-1 one-day international series defeat by India. However, England did at least spare themselves the embarrassment of a whitewash by the world ...
England lose Daniel Sturridge for Swiss showdown
Daniel Sturridge has been ruled out of England’s opening European Championship qualifier against Switzerland because of a thigh injury, further depleting coach Roy Hodgson’s options for his team’s toughest test in Group E. The Liverpool striker ...
David Beckham backs Wayne Rooney to succeed as England captain
David Beckham believes Wayne Rooney will flourish as England’s new captain and admits he would be proud to help in the rebuilding of Roy Hodgson’s side following this summer’s disastrous World Cup. Beckham, who captained England for 59 of his 115 ...
