Sep 30 2008
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Okay, so not watching the second half of season 2 has left me really confused. But also still a little meh-ed over the whole Heroes dealio
Archive for September, 2008
Sep 29 2008
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"Obviously, Nessie gets her Mary Sue from her mother…. I think I'm developing Stockholm Syndrome. Please send help."
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"A YOUNG swan has had to be put down after his bill was destroyed when a firework deliberately inserted into bread given to him in a Dublin park exploded."
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"'That one of the biggest publishing houses in the world refuses to publish a book because of warnings is a sobering comment on the state of freedom of speech in the USA'"
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Sep 28 2008
Redbelt
Dir & Writ: David Mamet
- Chiwetel Ejiofor … Mike Terry
- Alice Braga … Sondra Terry
- Jose Pablo Cantillo … Snowflake
- Emily Mortimer … Laura Black
- Tim Allen … Chet Frank
- Joe Mantegna … Jerry Weiss
See also: IMDb ; Other reviews
When is a martial arts film not a film about martial arts? When it is a David Mamet film of course.
Chiwetel Ejiofor in Redbelt
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Tags: 6 Stars, Alica Braga, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, honour, Jiu-jitsu, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Jow Mantegna, R15A, Redbelt, Tim AllenRelated posts
Sep 26 2008
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"The French had discovered in 1914-15 that assertions, like men, died easily in the mud and blood of the Western Front. Machine guns respected no-one’s chivalry."
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Sep 26 2008
The Courtesan’s Revenge
Harriette Wilson, the woman who blackmailed the king
Author: Frances Wilson
ISBN: 0571205240 DDC: 941.073092
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Harriette Wilson’s Memoirs omit both time and place; there are no addresses given, no locations described, no elections, diseases, or wars. “Dates make ladies nervous and stories dry,” she wrote.
This is the story of Harriette Wilson who grew up to become a courtesan in Regency London. The woman whose Memoirs caused a scandal, and raised her quite a bit of cash, as those named began to buy her silence. But as well as that it is a story of how few options there were available to women at that time. It was a case of be married or be damned. Harriette seems to have chosen the damned option. It was her book that led to the, now famous, if incorrect line by Wellington, “publish and be damned”.
Tags: 7 Stars, 941.073092, biography, blackmail, Britain, Britain - 1700s, Britain - 1800s, Britain - Georgian, Britain - Regency, British royalty - George III, C18th, C19th, England - 1786-1846, Frances Wilson, Harriette Wilson, history, The courtesan's revenge, The courtesan's revenge: Harriette Wilson, the woman who blackmailed the king, women, women in societyRelated posts
Sep 25 2008
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Rape is not hazing. And saying "cut it out" after coming across an attempted rape is not an appropriate response.
