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These rugs will unite this country like no other rugs have before (thing) by kessenich - Everything2.com

June 7th, 2022

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 These rugs will unite this country like no other rugs have before (thing) See all of These rugs will unite this country like no other rugs have before, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by kessenich Fri Jan 12 2001 at 22:52:57 If you can love the Australian Prime Ministers, then you can love anyone. -Martin Wilson Martin Wilson usually paints, but was inspired to do a hooked rug series of Australian PMs for the Federation wh...

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The Bob Dylan connection in ‘The Big Lebowski’

May 24th, 2022

As the City of Angels rises out of the desert and pans into view during the opening sequence of the Coen brothers’ masterpiece The Big Lebowski, we hear a conversational ode of sorts to ‘The Dude’. Within that opening stanza, in tones incongruous with the gaudy glow of the desert metropolis, Sam Elliot’s timeless timbre drawls out the following: "Sometimes there’s a man, well, he’s the man for his time and place, he fits right in there."  Throughout their career the oddball brothers of ...

Open for Business - novel openings

August 29th, 2021

Thumbing through a bunch of novels--all varieties--it surprises me at how few know how to make the narrative interesting. They must be decent books. Someone took time to hone it and probably inflicted it on friends and mentors to read. And later, an editor bought it and--one would think--helped hone it further so that you have something interesting happening in the first two pages. Something. I'm not asking for a gunfight or a verbal one, but maybe. Something. This scene from Together is amaz...

Locked down? Open up to... John Goodman's Jewish anti-hero in 'Big Lebowski' | The Times of Israel

May 8th, 2020

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Venice’s last judgment by James Panero - The New Criterion

August 22nd, 2019

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Sarsaparilla: Uses, Side Effects, Interactions, Dosage, and Warning

May 4th, 2019

Sarsaparilla: Uses, Side Effects, Interactions, Dosage, and WarningSourceURL: https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-379/sarsaparilla SARSAPARILLA OTHER NAME(S): Ecuadorian Sarsaparilla, Honduras Sarsaparilla, Jamaican Sarsaparilla, Liseron Épineux, Liseron Piquant, Mexican Sarsaparilla... , Salsaparilha, Salsepareille, Salsepareille d’Europe, Salsepareille du Honduras, Salsepareille du Mexique, Sarsa, Sarsaparillae Radix, Sarsaparillewurzel, Smilax, Smilax Aristolochaefolia, Smilax...

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Samuel Johnson

April 17th, 2019

Samuel JohnsonSourceURL: https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/johnson.html Home About Us Visit What's On Collection Education Hire Support Us Shop About Us The Charity Samuel Johnson 17 Gough Square FAQ Volunteering Contact Us E-newsletter Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 in Lichfield, Staffordshire. The son of a bookseller, he rose to become one of th...