BWO The Best of Journalism, I came to this essay by Alan Jacob on his blog, The Homebound Symphony (Tagline, which I love, “stagger on rejoicing,” and there’s a link to the inspiration on his About page that is worth clicking through.) He writes about faith, and he reads old novels by authors I’d never…
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If only Frodo and Sam had had Google Maps. “This route has trolls.” Also, love the restaurant icons. Click through to embiggen to see how much faster they could have got there if they’d just detoured through Mirkwood. Map creator Mark Crosby. Oh yes, my precious, you must click through to read the comments. LOTR…
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“There is no such thing as them. There is only us.” So I watched this and there at the end when he says he sees “a blossoming unity spreading across this planet, a blossoming awareness of our interdependent nature,” I had a thought. Nothing new or revolutionary, just a thought. We’ve been looking for leaders…
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ICYM this. I’ve made it a dozen times and it works every time. It even scales down pretty faithfully for smaller servings, something I’m always looking for in recipes. (I wish Ina would write a cookbook on “Cooking for One.”) I’ve made this with angel hair, spaghetti, linguini, even penne. You can add Silver Salmon…
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The receipts: Star Wars: A New HopeDirector: George LucasEditor: Marcia Lucas Pulp FictionDirector: Quentin TarantinoEditor: Sally Menke JawsDirector: Stephen SpielbergEditor: Verna Fields Taxi DriverDirector: Martin ScorceseEditor: Marcia Lucas GoodfellasDirector: Martin ScorceseEditor: Thelma Schoonmaker Lawrence of ArabiaDirector: David LeanEditor: Anne V. Coates
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