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Life After Carter - The Essential Jim Bob

James Collingwood wrote on We Are Cult: Life After Carter: ‘The Essential Jim Bob’❉ Snapshots of modern life in the form of a two-disc recap of Jim Bob’s prolific solo career, reviewed by James Collingwood.Once part of the duo Carter USM, Jim Bob (real name James Robert Morrison) has made consistently good solo records over the last two decades. Cherry Red Records’ excellent The Essential Jim Bob distils highlights of his prolific solo output into a two-disc collection. It features songs from...

Robert Burns

RB is also Roast Beef and Roland Barthes! -zas Jun 2022 Robert Burns (person) See all of Robert Burns, there is 1 more in this node. (person) by Gone Jackal (2.9 mon) Rep: 51 ( +52 / -1 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Mon Jan 15 2001 at 17:32:42 A short, oversimplified biography: Robert Burns was born on the 25th of January, 1759 in Alloway, a village in Ayrshire, Scotland, to a poor but educated farmer. Since the village was too poor to afford a school master, he was educated by his fath...

Jurassic Park and the End of Man's Dominion

In which I ponder the new title for the upcoming third Jurassic World film, and how it relates to Robert Burns. Because that's the sort of Venn Diagram this blog is all about. Already folk are speculating over the meaning of Jurassic World: Dominion, which has supplanted Jurassic World: New Era. It isn't the first time in the franchise we had such a significant name change: the Malusaurus became the Diabolus, which became the MURDE...

Northwest Passage Quotes - eNotes.com

Northwest Passage Quotes Download Northwest Passage Study Guide Subscribe Now "Men Who Hunt Perpetually For Their Personal Northwest Passage" (Magill's Quotations in Context) Context: This quotation, serving as the foreword to the first book of Northwest Passage, a novel of exploration and adventure during the latter half of the eighteenth century, fittingly reflects the theme and subject matter of the book as a whole. It is the story of two men, one with a...

Robert Lowell’s Tainted Love | The New Republic

CloseLatestPoliticsCultureMagazineClimateBooksPhotographyNewsletterSubscribeDonateAboutAdvertiseContactFAQPressJobsRSSMastheadPrivacySubscriber ServicesMenuMagazineSubscribeLove, ActuallyRobert Lowell adored intelligent women and treated them terribly.By Michelle DeanFebruary 4, 2016Add to PocketSubscribeRobert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick with their newborn daughter Harriet in Boston, January 24, 1957.Alfred Eisenstaedt/The Life Picture Collection/GettyRobert Lowell had been dead seven year...

Robert Frost Poems Everyone Should Read - Interesting Literature

Interesting Literature 10 of the Best Robert Frost Poems Everyone Should Read interestingliterature 2 years ago AdThe best poems by Robert Frost selected by Dr Oliver Tearle Any list of the top ten best poems by such a major poet as Robert Frost (1874-1963) is bound to inspire disagreement or, at least, discussion; but we thought we’d throw our literary cap in the ring and offer our own selection of Robert Frost’s greatest poems, along with ...

Words Going Wild: What About Bob?

Words Going Wild Words, wordplay, usage, and etymology. Puns, puzzles, poesy, palaver, persiflage, and poppycock. (Contents copyright 2009-2018) Monday, January 23, 2012 What About Bob? A few weeks ago this blog dealt with various meanings of the word jack.  If, for some unaccountable reason, you missed "You Don’t Know Jack," you’ll find it by clicking: http://wordsgoingwild.blogspot.co...

EVE Online has a god named Bob

EVE Online has a god named Bob How the sci-fi virtual world spawned a strange new religion By Cassandra Khaw Mar 31, 2015, 8:40am EDT It started with a joke. Or more accurately, a bizarre jeer. "Early on, [members of the EVE Online corporation Adhocracy]...