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Archive for the tag “If Only….”

Perfect Vacation

It’s only Tuesday and yet I feel incredibly tempted to fly off with my imagination to some far off exotic land.

**sigh**

T-minus a few days until the weekend and its limitless potential for bookworming. Meanwhile here’s a nice little image to sustain you courtesy of the Library of Congress. Enjoy!

Dead Sea Book Floating

Bookworming it...at sea!

p.s. check out other images here!

Literature makes for strange book fellows…

I never thought that I would see Tina Fey surrounded by such a motley crew of neighbors. Read more…

Speakeasy: Makes Drinks Easier?

Speakeasy the new book by Jason Kosmas and Dushin Zaric explores the revived art of the cocktail. In this book, the authors present a collection of 160 cocktail recipes interwoven with their short histories. The introduction tells the story of the authors, two bartenders whose lives changed drastically after September 11th.

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The Thin Line Between Failure and Success

Losers are winners per J.K. Rowling's Philosophy

According to J.K. Rowling’s Commencement address at Harvard, losers are winners. She recounted the story that we all know: broke single mother writes book and becomes richer than the Queen. There’s a lot more in between but basically that’s the gist of it. She focuses more on the liberating powers of writing.

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Hammered I am.

How many times have you stood in a bookstore and thought to yourself the following?:

  • “God, I could only read this crap if I were drunk.”
  • “Wow, I can’t wait to get home to curl up on the couch with this book and a good glass of wine.”
  • “Maybe if I drink enough, (insert historically acclaimed genius writer that everyone seems to praise although you’re sure they never read one of his/her works) will make sense”

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