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¹ ”So it goes.“ ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
² ”But they took to the seas more as nautical gangsters than anything else - how are we to think of a figure like Sir Francis Drake?“ ~ Jeremy Paxman

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Elle E. is 24 and teaches in a state overrun by the spawn of yuppies. Therefore she is a full-time heretic much afflicted by spleen.

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Flashman's Lady - The Flashman Papers Vol. VI
George MacDonald Fraser
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I don't get the cover. Elspeth is blonde.

The Queen's Fool
Philippa Gregory
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Little Hannah the Fool can't make up her mind. I was about to burst by the time I reached the last page. Ugh. Should send her to some motivational course. As always, Gregory uses history as Elizabeth used her man-whores. Pfft.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu
Susanna Clarke
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Oh she writes delightfully! I can't wait for her next book! Please, Ms Clarke, please publish the next book already!

Love Over Scotland
Alexander McCall Smith
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This is the last book in the trilogy - no wait! There's a fourth one coming soon. Oh bloody hell. Can no body stop this guy from writing? Now why would I wish that? I have no clue myself. But he should keep promises. It was meant to be a TRILOGY!

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The movie log

28 Days Later
Directed By Danny Boyle
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Oh good. Another good Cillian Murphy flick. He he. But Eccleston - ewww though his character was - practically stole the limelight.

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News is News

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 5:37 PM

While I was reading her post about the recent Russian scandal, I wondered what the world really cared about.

Which is it? The top man in the world putting on a show? Or a sensational radiating murder? Or the man who lived with his head intact? Or are men to blame for EVERYTHING?