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- Venus Williams had it figured out all along (Times Online)
I have always assumed that Richard Williams named his daughter Venus after the planet she calls home. Certainly, no one at Wimbledon has a greater reputation for space cadetship, daftness, flakiness, a silly voice and a general air of being slightly out of step with us earthlings.
- The Good Rat - Slate
If I can be said to have a favorite kind of column, it's one in which I can bring to your attention an exciting literary development—one whose importance has not received the notice it deserves outside the ivory tower—and then tell you what to ...
- 'Mad Men' as Fashion Muse - Advertising Age
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- "Mad Men" has conjured up nostalgia, hostility and more than a few Emmy nominations. And now the slick world of Sterling Cooper is inspiring fashionistas everywhere. From Madison Ave to Fifth Ave: Many designers have cited the ...
- From the Stacks by Nanette Morges - Norwalk Hour
It's that time of year again. You can almost hear Alice Cooper's anthem "School's Out" reverberating in the air. But just because classes are over, doesn't mean books get tossed into the bottom of the closet. For many students, it's time to tackle ...
- Mad Men: For Those Who Think Young (season premiere) - VIDEO - Tvsquad.com
(S02E01) "There are other ways of thinking about things than the way you think of them." - Duck, to Don Pepsi had a famous ad campaign in the 1960s with the tag line For Those Who Think Young. That's the title of this episode, but it's not about the ...
- BOOK AND ARTS FEST TULISOMA - WFAA
BOOK AND ARTS FEST TULISOMAWFAA, TX - 1 hour agoThe African American Museum at Fair Park is the site for Saturday's free events, which include workshops, performances, celebrity readings, book signings ...
- Amar Singh gets poetic about meeting with Sonia (Political Prattle) - Thaindian.com
Thaindian.comAmar Singh gets poetic about meeting with Sonia (Political Prattle)Thaindian.com, Thailand - 7 hours agoNew Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Political crises can also inspire poetry. Ask Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who used the words of an old Hindi film ...
- Latino arts center ousted from its longtime home - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesLatino arts center ousted from its longtime homeLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoBut the center, which has hosted art exhibitions, concerts, poetry readings and other community events, had struggled financially for years and temporarily ...
- Why, Lord Byron – you’re a sly dog - Times Online
He may have a reputation as England’s greatest romantic poet, but Lord Byron had an unchivalrous way of fobbing off his female admirers. The women would send him locks of hair with their fan letters. It has now been claimed that the clippings he ...
- NYC boy, 5, dies after falling down elevator shaft (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (4:03 p.m.) Police say a 5-year-old New York City boy plunged 10 stories to his death after he jumped from an elevator that got stuck between floors with its doors open.
- The Medium Tiny Talents - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsThe Medium Tiny TalentsNew York Times Blogs, NY - 15 minutes ago(“This site really is a labor of love,” writes Crack on his.) You’d think the shoestring budget would mean bad videos, but usually the reverse is true: host ...
- 'Harmony Begins With Me' Torch Relay to Herald Upcoming 2008 CAP Games ... - PR Inside
2008-07-24 19:11:39 - Kick-Off Ceremony Spotlight Chicago Area Project's 11th Annual Olympic-style Games for Youth on August 2, 2008 featuring over 1000 Young Athletes from 31 Community Organizations in Chicago and Suburban Cook, DuPage, and Lake ...
- Carbondale children’s author publishes three new books Meet Patricia Thomas (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Authors often talk about the need for discipline, to sit down and write even when it’s the last thing they want to do.
- Dreams of Yves Bonnefoy (The Post and Courier)
One of the trickiest things about creating any work of art is understanding the fine line between the conscious and the unconscious mind. The best writers know how to put their imaginations in the actual place that exists between these two states in order to create. When writers are successful, readers enter the same realm of experience. Writers who are not informed by their own unconscious are ...
- Q&A: Thicke reflects on race, music and "Something Else" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
It's an unusually hot and humid summer night in Hollywood. A murmuring line of fans -- mostly women -- snakes around the Sunset Boulevard perimeter of the House of Blues. They're waiting for one thing and one thing only: Robin Thicke.
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