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- Of a Certain Age: Library not quite what I imagined (The State)
Musings amid the mess ... I have my library, Dr. Simpson: When I was in high school and could be depended on never to have a date on a Friday or Saturday (or a Monday or Wednesday), I sometimes would baby-sit for the family of Ted Simpson, an engineering professor at USC. As I remember, Dr. Simpson was a bookish-looking man. He wore glasses and had a ready smile, a hint at his sense of humor. ...
- Not everyone jumps for joy about new children's park (San Diego Union-Tribune)
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO – San Diego is set to open a long-awaited kid-oriented park across the street from The New Children's Museum, but some downtown parents say they are already disappointed.
- Friday, May 02, 2008 (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
oMothers of Preschoolers, 9 a.m., Converse Church of Christ, 301 E. Wabash St., Converse. Call 395-3361.
- The Best of Beach Reading (The New York Sun)
Few pleasures say summer like sand between the toes and a good book between the fingers — and this summer, we suggest picking up a few well-written, lighthearted reads that won't take up all of the room in your Tory Burch tote. 'I Was Told There'd Be Cake' by Sloane Crosley (Riverhead) Much has been made in book circles about a certain publicist-to-the-literary stars whose debut collection of ...
- Brotherly love - Creative Loafing Sarasota
Brotherly loveCreative Loafing Sarasota, FL - 1 hour agoFor every Kerouac out on the road, there's a Princeton-educated Scott Fitzgerald, and for every Bukowski writing poetry drunk, there's a TS Eliot sober in ...
- Man arrested over theft of £15 million Shakespeare book from Durham University (Daily Mail: World News)
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the theft of a priceless book from Durham University ten years ago. It is believed to be worth at least £15 million.
- Premier supports tax aid for racy film (Toronto Star)
The controversial new Canadian movie Young People F---ing has an improbable champion in Premier Dalton McGuinty.
- McCain getting a bit liberal? - Chicago Sun-Times
News Item: John McCain renews offer of a $300 million prize for a new car battery that would "leapfrog" existing technology. Is McCain saying, in other words, that he doesn't trust the free market to reward such an invention, so the government should ...
- Double trouble, diptych & daring by Ayaz Jokhio - Daily Times
Double trouble, diptych & daring by Ayaz JokhioDaily Times, Pakistan - 1 hour agoThe experience with language, via poetry, means that Jokhio has crossed over into another medium which is why it was easy to understand when he said he did ...
- Health Care - Another California 11th Hour - OpEdNews
Health Care - Another California 11th HourOpEdNews, PA - 2 hours agoBorn that way. My love of poetry pretty much ended with Rupert Brooke, who died in WWI. "Ah, a romantic at heart," you might say. Yes, but a realist. ...
- A man who will be missed - La Crosse Tribune
For those of you who didn’t know him, my introduction was amply served. For those who knew him, we were blessed to be part of his daily life. A retired milk hauler from Tomah, Wis., is about all I know of his past. What I do know is that he was a ...
- Z-U, The Drum Arts Centre, Birmingham, U.K., April 13 (All About Jazz)
Z-U The Drum Arts Centre Birmingham, U.K. April 13, 2008 Where were you? That's the question to the people of Birmingham following an evening of excellent music witnessed by a small but enthusiastic audience of approximately thirty people.
- Love from the kitchen - Montreal Gazette
We got meatballs and matzo ball soup, bran muffins and honey cake. To mark Mother's Day, we asked readers to send in Mom's or Grandma's best recipes, and to share family tales of kitchen capers and culinary bonding. We received dozens of responses ...
- Keep Hidden From Me - Irish Independent
Keep Hidden From MeIrish Independent, Ireland - 5 hours agoIt is a mistake to think of poetry as a vehicle for profound truths about existence. Poets have no deeper insight into the mystery of existence than anybody ...
- The death of poetry? - Daily News and Analysis
Poet and writer Javed Akhtar talks about why Urdu is slowly making way for Hinglish lyrics in Bollywood flicks Award-winning veteran writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has written lyrics for films like Om Shanti Om, Swades, Kal Ho Na Ho, Dil ...
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