February 2012
4 posts
2012 paris literary prize →
Shakespeare and Company has a long-standing tradition of opening its doors to aspiring writers and in keeping with that philosophy, the 10,000€ Paris Literary Prize is open to writers from around the world who have not yet published a book. We believe that a prize of this kind can make a difference in launching a new writer’s career. The 2012 Paris Literary Prize will be awarded for an...
January 2012
10 posts
December 2011
8 posts
Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond... →
likebear:
palisade:
bettafish-resistance:
1. You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock. 2. Diamonds are Priced Well Above Their Value The De Beers cartel has systematically...
November 2011
14 posts
Im putting on and playing a solo acoustic show at gold leaf studio on Saturday, December 10, all are welcome, please bring any friends, should be chill. Marian Mclaughlin, Danny welch and Cait o’shea are playing too.
Saturday, December 10, 2011 @ Gold Leaf Studio 443 I St NW Washington, DC 20001 8pm FREE Enter through the front if it is unlocked, or through the red door on the alley...
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CHOMSKY - american decline causes and consequences →
“The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as US$4.4 trillion – a major victory for Osama bin Laden, whose announced goal was to bankrupt America by drawing it into a trap.”
“For myself, I have no aim. I have no ambition. I will let myself be carried on...”
– From The Waves by Virginia Woolf. (via bookoflead)
“One of the mixed blessings of being twenty and twenty one and even twenty three...”
– Joan Didion, Goodbye To All That, 1968. (via xelvinn) [interview here] (via nprfreshair)
October 2011
34 posts
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THIS SATURDAY october 29 7pm FREE BYOB
honey house
the gentlemen
the cubs
and special guest
443 I St NW Washington, DC come in the red door in the alley on the side (secret, shh)
