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'Lonely Words' - I'am as lonely as a snail in the still/silent night-desert. There is no one for me to talk to, about many things, so I am putting these lonely words in a h...17 years ago
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"The Collected Novels of Jose Saramago" - "The Collected Novels of Jose Saramago" "Single" eBook / 4,358 pages / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Boston, New York / December 2010 DOWNLOAD LINK Intro...
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Let your skills connect you to the Divine - I always felt my creativity was mine. There was a sense of ownership. A feeling that – “this belongs to me”. A thought that “I am creating this”. It brough...10 months ago
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Why Indian Wedding Guest Lists Are Endless - The size of the gathering at a big fat Indian wedding depends on the number of people in the family. India has several different words for "family" eg pari...2 weeks ago
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Gaux on Beginner’s Mind - I wrote a post about why having a beginner’s mind is both important and hard. This video by Gaux is a living version of beginner’s mind and how he learne...11 months ago
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Literary family feuds - I wrote this about controversial family memoirs for BBC Culture.5 years ago
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Tim MacGabhann: Saints - Narcotics don’t just run through the veins of the addicts in Saints (2025), but through each of Tim MacGabhann’s stories in his first collection. A former ...7 months ago
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Cu Chi Tunnels – Ho Chi Minh Attraction (Vietnam) - On last day of our stay in Ho Chi Minh, we travelled to Cu Chi Tunnels. Even if you have heard or read about the tunnel, walking around this area and witne...8 years ago
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Book Review – Shorelines by Ruth Ennis - Ruth Ennis‘s Shorelines is something special. A take on the well-known Little Mermaid, but make it a darker version. This isn’t the cosy fairy tale we grew...5 weeks ago
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Managed Extraction - The OpenAI paper on industrial policy for the intelligence age reads like a calm, forward looking attempt to prepare society for the economic shock of high...1 day ago
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Moving! - Hi everyone, As I've hinted at previously, this blog is moving. Please direct your keen interest toward http://imagitude.com. I've successfully imported ...14 years ago
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The Book of Emma Reyes by Emma Reyes - *This astonishing memoir was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nearly a decade after the death of its author, who was ...8 years ago
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It’s November. German Literature Month has a new home. #germanlitmonth - The good news is the event is on! The not so good is that some do not know that German Literature Month has a new home. Over on my second blog – Lizzy’s Li...3 years ago
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Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo - Published By: *Random House* DOP: Feb7, 2012 Genre: Narrative Non-Fiction Helloooo Everyone! It's been ages, I hope so much you are all doing well...14 years ago
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Fable Verification - Aim – To determine whether the thirsty but clever crow in the famous Aesop fable could really bring the water up by dropping pebbles. (Real aim- to keep th...7 years ago
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Pourdom - These trees they sway swing they've got wing from the cloud that's *coming* and so would they waiting for their wet me waiting for mine Subscribe in a reader10 years ago
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Timing - It didn't matter that he was far away. He still managed to send flowers, from the deserts of Qatar, for Valentine's Day. The dozen red roses arrived nestl...10 years ago
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Thanksgiving in Namma Bengaluru – I - So, we’ve been here all of fifteen days when one of our neighbours, an American, invites us for dinner….at five in the evening! My stomach lurches at the t...15 years ago
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José Saramago - The Stone Raft - In "A Jangada de Pedra" (The Stone Raft) the Portuguese writer José Saramago imagines Iberia literally breaking off from the rest of Europe.Read More13 years ago
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Bachelor Flat - The chaos/choreography of things hidden and revealed : [Images from Frank Tashlin's Bachelor Flat (1962).]15 years ago
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Oct 2012 – Culinary experiments in Mom’s kitchen, Cultural Anthropology, Shoot - My Facebook Wall My Wall Crammed with Food Culture Articles, Book Updates, Albums of my Culinary experiments in my mom’s humble kitchen, where Supple-Sof...13 years ago
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The Internet Personified: The Best Books I Read In 2023 - My beloved bookworms! It is here! My annual “these are the best things I read all year.” I’d like to do a little ceremony around each one, because really...2 years ago
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Farmers, Technology and Freedom of Choice: A Tale of Two Satyagrahas - *This is the 23rd installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India.* I had a strange dream last night. I dreamt that the government had p...6 years ago
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How to Explore the World with Curiosity: A Guide to Discovering New Perspectives - Exploring the world with curiosity opens up a wealth of experiences and insights that can enhance one’s life in meaningful ways. Embracing a curious mindse...4 days ago
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Harp – Book Review - The book, Harp, by Nidhi Dalmia came to me as part of Blogadda’s Book Review program. Reading the blurb, I was excited for the book and was frustrated I co...10 years ago
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Chikkamma Tours (Pvt.) Ltd is a murder mystery set in Bengaluru. - When the owner of the bookshop above Chikkamma Tours gets stabbed to death in the building, grumpy, book-obsessed, wise-cracking Nilima jumps at the opport...1 year ago
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And I am back!! - Hello world! I don’t know why but I have this strong urge to start blogging again – almost after 3 years. Wow…how time flies! Life has changed in these 3 y...13 years ago
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Wonsaponatime.. - ...Joy was here. Ever since, she has packed her bags and left. Goodbye. **** To the socially defunct: All the schizophreniacs on cocaine looking for an ...18 years ago
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He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection (Sting of Death, Death Curse of Tartu) – Arrow Video USA (BluRay) - Theatrical Release Dates: USA, 1966 (Sting of Death, Death Curse of Tartu) Directors: William Grefé (Both Films) Cast: Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, John ...5 years ago
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Arrivederci, Amici - Well, the deletion terrorism is getting to be too obnoxious to deal with, and since the blog has ceased to be any fun to maintain now, it's time to call it...19 years ago
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Dick Van Dyke on TCM: 4 Films from His Big-Screen Heyday - Dick Van Dyke on TCM: Turner Classic Movies is airing four films showcasing the small-screen star, who briefly flirted with big-screen celebrity in the 1960s.2 years ago
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REVIEW: STEVEN SPIELBERG'S "DISCLOSURE DAY" (UNIVERSAL) - *By Mark Cerulli * In 1975 after the massive success of *Jaws*, a young Steven Spielberg set his sights on directing a James Bond film. Sadly, producer...1 day ago
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Z Channeling Jerry Harvey - The Z channel has been mentioned here before. In a long ago post on the Oscars in the seventies it was mentioned how the Z Channel in Los Angeles was res...16 years ago
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Vampyres (Larraz, 1974) - "They shared the pleasures of the flesh, and the horrors of the grave!" A drab attempt at horror eroticism. There's an interesting patina of decay over La...15 years ago
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"...all art is sex!" - Recently I watched *Savage Messiah*, which I'd never seen, and it got some things ticking along in my head alongside some other things that relate to the F...6 years ago
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Another Top 10 - Occasional FCM contributor Eric Dienstfrey has sent us his top ten films of the decade. Top 10 for now: *Before Sunset* (2004, Richard Linklater) *Eternal...16 years ago
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VIEWINGS: DECEMBER 2019 - REGAN (RAIN) (Joris Ivens & Mannus Franken, 1929) [12/29/19, YouTube] Rewatched on a wet San Francisco Sunday morning. I can’t think of another film that s...6 years ago
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!3 years ago
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Recommended Cinema for November 08-November 14, 2020 - This calendar is a new addition to NotComing.com, and is updated each Sunday with suggested screenings for the upcoming week. Currently, the calendar conta...5 years ago
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Observations on David Bordwell - Many of you may know that an anthology of writings about various aspects of David’s career has been in the works–partly because many of you contributed to ...4 days ago
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Cécité sociale du cinéma français (Rob Grams) - Rob Grams : le cinéma français, art de classe et cécité sociale. Et actu cannoise avec Paf et Yuna (YouTube) 2h10'37"(Au Poste) 2 juin 2026"Le cinéma, un ...1 week ago
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twenty twenty two according to vibrational occurrences in the vicinity of my progeny leviathan gray paw aka leviathan grey paw - *aural vibrational occurances aka best new music of 2022:* Alva Noto, Martin L. Gore & William Basinski / *Subterraneans* (Noton) Andrew Anderson / *Va...3 years ago
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New Directors/New Films and Other "New" Stuff - As these posts have become less and less frequent, the number of links becomes more and more unwieldy - for which all due apologies. This latest round-up c...13 years ago
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cinema obscura: Dorothy Malone's "Too Much, Too Soon" (1958) - Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis. There are actresses about whom enough can't be said. Hepburn and Davis are inarguably two of them. And then there are ...6 years ago
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Tribeca 2026 Review: KILLING CASTRO, Neat Thriller Based on Incredible Real Story - Eif Rivera's thriller stars Al Pacino, Diego Boneta, Kendrick Sampson, Xolo Maridueña, and KiKi Layne, with Nicole Beharie, Logan Marshall-Green, and Alex...1 day ago
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