2005 Results As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in…
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Spoof of Bush Wins Faux Faulkner Contest
ACKSON, Miss. – A scathing parody that likens President Bush to the “idiot” in William Faulkner’s novel “The Sound and the Fury” has won this year’s Faulkner write-alike contest — and touched off a literary spat. Organizers of the Faux Faulkner competition are accusing Hemispheres, the United Airlines magazine that has sponsored the contest for…
Library leader questions Patriot Act -Kafka-esque
Books by Kafka, Orwell, Camus, etc… WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The president of the American Library Association has one word for the USA Patriot Act’s so-called library clause — “Kafkaesque.” “It’s very reminiscent of the ’50s and the ‘red scare’ where people showed up at libraries trying to find which political books professors had read, because…