Happy Halloween!

(a bulldog pumpkin)

October Cards and Postcards

Umbrellas, leaves, crows, black cats and the Addams family.

Nikki McClure Calendar 2011

Writing on the Chalkboard

Paperblanks Day Planners are Here, Slingshots Soon to Arrive

2011-September:  Yes we plan to get Slingshots for 2012! Stay tuned or follow us on facebook.

Paperblanks day planners for 2011 are here in an assortment of colors and sizes.

Slingshots are soon to arrive, but we had to go through the annual studying of the colors to pick a good assortment.

Translation: It Gives Me the Willies

Many people struggled over the translation, but one enterprising fellow took it to his French class.

Thanks!

Translation wanted? New French Magazine

New magazines arrive unexpectedly, some are obvious, some are not so obvious. Especially if they are in a language that one is not so fluent.



This picture could not help but catch my eye!

and so the hunt for a translation was on..


Several people with far better French than mine were also stumped, and have gone afield to research it.

In case you want to read the whole article, the magazine is InRockuptibles

Paris Review, Lorin Stein, and The Week

Hey catching up on The Week, I discovered that the Paris Review has a new editor. He was featured in one of my favorite sections, where a writer or editor presents six book recommendations.

I love testing my book knowledge by reading these lists -- have I heard of all the books recommended, are they books I expect the person to recommend or is the list unexpected and adds new shades or a startling turn to my preconceived notions, and best of all, are they books that I haven't heard of and am excited to learn about.

WSJ's Buzzard of the National Parks.

The Weekend Edition of the WSJ has a provocative article about Thomas Chapman, who buys inholdings in the National Parks. He then presents wilderness and other open space advocates with his plan to develop it, but says that he will sell it to them (at a profit) if they really don't want him to develop the land. His latest project has been a parcel inside the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colorado). Finding no public interest group as a taker, he subdivided the land, built a grand mansion with view, and now is offering the property for far more than his original asking price.

If you don't know about private land and inholdings, this might be a good article to pique your curiosity, and then decide if he is an Atlas Shrugged hero, a creep who should be stopped, or just a man who saw a loophole.

High Country News' article in 1999 used more forceful language.


Also reading today: Rolling Stone Matt Taibbi on The Truth about the Tea Party (DM says that Taibbi is not interesting as too partisan, but LH was very interested in Jann Wenner's Obama Interview); Bloomberg Businessweek on How Facebooks Sells You; American Archaeology on The Clovis Comet Debate

David Simon, California Magazine via Annalemma

Checking out Annalemma's website to see if there is a new issue, I read a great snippet from David Simon (Baltimore Sun, The Wire), interviewed by UCB's California magazine in 2008.

Annalemma quotes: (T)he truth about impact journalism is that it requires that you ignore the nuance and the contradictory nature of truth. You have to pick a side and hammer against an obvious outrage and get out clean. – David Simon at California Magazine