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"Dozens of people can say they were members of indie-rock institution Guided By Voices during its 21-year run, but the Dayton, Ohio-based band was chiefly a creative outlet for a music-obsessed former schoolteacher named Robert Pollard. And Pollard was very creative, capable of writing an album's worth of songs in a single day, and recording and releasing them almost as quickly. "
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Not as badly as you might think. But not well.
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In other news, subtraction adds value to education in accounting.
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"Pluto is like a green leafy plant that some would say is a bush and some would say is a tree. To make things clear, scientist have created the following definition of a planet. A planet is an object that meets the following requirements:
* Orbits the sun (this is ok for Pluto)
* Large enough to be spherical (this is also ok for Pluto)
* The most massive object in its neighborhood of the solar system (this is where Pluto fails)." -
"I find the play-by-play, who's-up-who's-down BS silly and perhaps a bit ahistorical as regards how legislation is done. I mean, really: What? The president is not getting 100% of what he wants out of Congress? What? The opposition is opposed? What? Some congressman with shaky re-relection chances is making a stink that looks good to the people back at home? What? Getting it all through the legislative process is taking longer than anyone expected? I am shocked and may become vaporous."
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"The author of some of the most startling graphic stories of recent years is not what you'd expect of an artist, but then his are not your typical picture books"
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"Despite remarkable efforts by RJ's family to keep fans informed throughout the entire writing process, the question still remains: will this new novel be a worthy installment to the series? Is Brandon Sanderson, the young author who was tapped to finish it, up to par? Will this book feel like a Robert Jordan novel?
I have these answers.
I have read The Gathering Storm. And I will share. "
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A classmate of my sister's is running an NFL pool with 25% of the proceeds going to the local preschool. Not sure what I think of this as a fundraising strategy.
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The cat is more accurate than funny.
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