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If you can wade through the absolute twaddle inside the interviewer’s mind, Dawn French has some interesting things to say in this Guardian Observer interview
‘You mustn’t lie to yourself or have any shame about anything to do with your body. I really don’t know why I don’t. I have attributed it in the past to [...]

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Today’s version for the contra dance potluck:

2 sweet potatoes, 2 carrots, 1 beet, cut into chunks
large handful dried apricots
small handful dried nectarines
juice of 3 oranges
large dollop of honey
cinnamon, cayenne, minced ginger, salt

put in buttered casserole dish, cover, and bake at 350

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All the other Quaker bloggers are doing it, so here goes with the states I’ve slept in (rather than just visited or passed through).

create your own visited states map or check out these Google Hacks.

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A very cleverly written article in Bookforum about Dorothy Parker’s bequest to the NAACP and her friendship with Lillian Hellman (via A&L Daily). It includes a fair sampling of Parker’s wit:
One of her neighbors, the writer Peter Feibleman, overheard her exchange words with another neighbor, a silly woman who began gushing over Campbell’s death and [...]

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Go read Annie Proulx’s Blood on the red carpet:
Roughly 6,000 film industry voters, most in the Los Angeles area, many living cloistered lives behind wrought-iron gates or in deluxe rest-homes, out of touch not only with the shifting larger culture and the yeasty ferment that is America these days, but also out of touch with [...]

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If you aren’t familiar with Frappr, Google’s social networking map, then this Quakers Group Map might not be the most exciting introduction. On the other hand, if you are a Quaker, you can add yourself and have an incredible effect on the statistics!

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