As I Drank My Morning Coffee

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Posted on September 29, 2004
Filed Under Language, Roundup, Shields, Carol

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The American Bar Association has published its first work of fiction and folks in Miami are trying to find out the real-life models for the characters.
Lindsay Sinclair is trying to keep E.B. White’s memory preserved.
The Guardian asks why women go crazy over Mr. Darcy
An Italian newspaper is doing brisk business by offering a reduced-price book with the daily edition.
This zeppelin could be yours for only $10 million
Angela Davis turned 60 and she’s still fighting the man
If only 2% of women genuinely describe themselves as beautiful, we’ve got a serious problem.
Older folks are turning to online personals
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adapting Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White. For the love of decency, stop the man before it’s too late.
A new film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men is in the works. The amazing cast includes Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Sean Penn (as Willie Stark!) and Jude Law. The script’s by Steven Zallian. This oughta be good, even if Rossen’s a tough guy to follow.
For anyone who’s read Carol Shields’ Larry’s Party, a labyrinth has opened up in Winnipeg to celebrate her life and work.
A paper in Science has used the Bible to back up a hypothesis.
Verdi is getting an upgrade in Korea

3 Responses to “As I Drank My Morning Coffee”

Jimmy Beck on September 29th, 2004 8:48 am

Re: Lloyd Webber–it’s too late. Like 30-years-cow-out-of-the-barn-and-living-under-an-assumed-name too late.
drew on September 29th, 2004 9:30 am

They cut off Angela’s hair in the picture! Now I may die not knowing whether she still has the ‘fro or not…sigh.
scribblingwoman on September 30th, 2004 2:56 pm

We are inexplicable

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