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List for 6th November: Pushing The Rhyme Envelope

Poetic license is always valid when the lines are sung...

1.

Perhaps I'd deserve you
And be even worthy erv you

If I only had a brain

-- E.Y. Harburg, If I Only Had A Brain

2.

No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine

No no no no no, nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you.

-- Deb Talan, Gotta Have You.

3.

The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous

-- Neko Case, Hold On, Hold On

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List for 27 August: My Marmite Artists

Marmite artists:  you either love them or hate them.  Here are the first that come to mind, sorted into the two categories.


LOVE

Radiohead
Leonard Cohen
Antony and the Johnsons
Rufus Wainwright
Muse (though their extreme popularity of late may take them out of the Marmite category; they're practically Nutella now)


HATE

Björk
Kate Bush
Death Cab For Cutie
Morrissey
Camille

 

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List for 19th August: My Favorite Dutch Animal Words

Ijsbeer     Ib_1
Stinkdier Sd

Nijlpaard Np


Neushoorn  Nh

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List for 17 August: Things Worn Or Carried By The Woman Next To Me On The Metro This Evening

  • Shiny silver-colored sandals (2.5" heel)
  • Shiny silver-colored woven belt
  • Seven to ten silver-tone bracelets
  • An orange t-shirt proclaiming J'ADORE DIOR (spelled out in rhinestones)
  • Tight plaid (white, orange, green, blue) bermuda shorts
  • A tattoo of a stylized cursive letter V on her right inner wrist
  • Bright red (fluorescent, fake-tikka-masala-hued) hair in a long choppy-layered style
  • A Yorkshire terrier

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List for 15 August: Two Verbs That Should Not Be Used As Nouns And A Noun That Should Not Be Used As A Verb

  • spend
  • ask
  • workshop

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List for 14 August: What I Think Are My Favorite Films From My DVD Collection, Followed By My Apparent Actual Favorite Films (Based On Frequency Of Viewing)

  • Tampopo
  • Remains of the Day
  • Babette's Feast
  • Lost in Translation
  • Irma Vep
  • Pride and Prejudice (1995)

  • School of Rock
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Good Will Hunting
  • High Fidelity
  • Pride and Prejudice (1995)

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List for 13 August: Some Of My Favorite Lines From Whit Stillman Films

"The environmental movement of our times was sparked by the rerelease of Bambi in the 1950s."

              -- (Tom Platt) Last Days of Disco


"The cha cha is no more ridiculous than life itself."

              -- (Nick Smith) Metropolitan


"Men are dates, date substitutes or potential dates. I find that dehumanizing."

              -- (Fred Neff) Metropolitan


"It's a tiny bit arrogant of people to go around worrying about those less fortunate."

              -- (Nick Smith) Metropolitan


"Positive thinking is fine in theory.  But whenever I try it on a systematic basis, I end up really depressed."

              -- (Ted Boynton) Barcelona


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List for 12 August: Proposed Web 2.0 Startups the VCs Wouldn't Touch

  • Stalkr
  • las.civio.us
  • Footbook
  • 37Symptoms
  • Pornorati
  • MyPants

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