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| Well, listening so much to Billie Holiday all this weekend. I kinda wrote down this song, which at two places refers to two of her different songs. I have tried to write down the kind of song/poem she used to sing in her satin voice. I have titled it:When you come to my memory When you come to my memoryI conjure up a storyA delightful storyOf a sum...
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| 01:06 | 16/Aug/2008 |
| Lady Day | |
| I heard Billie Holiday's voice first in the best romantic comedy that they ever made, the one that warmed the cockles of my heart, The Notebook. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams walts to the satin voice of Holiday as she sings, 'I'll be seeing you...'Every now and then I chance upon a singer whose works I know I will relish. (It was so with Begum Ak...
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| 23:26 | 9/Aug/2008 |
| The memory of Binni | |
| The wind coming uphill would bring with it the smoke of roti being cooked on earthen griddles, of heaps of leaves burning, in the settlement lower below in the valley; of rotting pines, baked cakes; and would carry along the mournful song of the monkeys that lived in the forest that covered the hill in their lush carpet. Every day, with the sun goi...
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| 21:34 | 26/Jul/2008 |
| Love and Hate... | |
| So, here is your latest dose of torture. Here's hoping you enjoy. Please give your comments and feedback so I can finetune my torture techniques :) When we were fifteen,I heard her say in her heart, to me'Will you love me?'Her eyes were clear as the sky...'I am incapable of loving,Will you cure me, mister?For my heart will, inspite of me, love you ...
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| 20:50 | 19/Jul/2008 |
| A bit of me! | |
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| So here I am again with your latest dose of torture. :)Cigarette smokingThe dreamy-eyed Piscean at IIIT Hyd would be proud -- proud to hear -- as soon as he does -- that I can now properly smoke. Take a cigg in between the two fingers and sans any noise or huff-puff, fill my lungs with the smoke, hold it there, and exhale. I went to this room -- a ...
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| 14:36 | 12/Jul/2008 |
| 'What’s wrong with you?!’ | |
| ‘Have you heard about David Rockefeller?’‘Of course I have,’ she begins, like she begins all sentences, followed by answering the question in mid-sentence, ‘we read about him in our first year MBA classes’, and goes on to build her case, ‘I mean every MBA student reads about the success story of the Rockefellers, and David Rockefeller is worshipped...
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| 13:10 | 24/Jun/2008 |
| The Mad Aunt of Kashmir | |
| Mad Aunt loved children only they would never come near her. They would not because of the children she already had – her three dog-children who would constantly bark at us children whenever we would go near her house, as though in perpetual possessiveness of the love of their ‘mother’, too afraid to share it with anyone else. Sometimes when she wo...
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| 10:37 | 12/Jun/2008 |
| Dedicated to YOU | |
| It makes you reticentIt makes you talkIt makes you to stopAs it makes you walkIt makes you liveIt makes you tooIt feeds fat your egoThen lives off youIt implores you thinkPassionate, crying issuesIt makes you mull all dayAnd live in the blues In this perishable worldIt implores you to be happy, sad, indifferent, agogThe Profound Need, to sooner or ...
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| 12:46 | 2/Jun/2008 |
| Journalistic Terrorism by The Times of I... | |
| There have been two reports of late in The Times of India which are essentially a giveaway in that they tell us of the rampant corruption in the mainstream media. Let us look at them one by one. Neither on the left nor on the right side of the argumentThe first report was an editorial published on Saturday, 31st, May. More than being a report it w...
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| 00:09 | 24/May/2008 |
| Wo kaghaz ki kashti aur wo kaali ghaneri... | |
| Memories from the decade of the nineties when I grew up in LucknowThe rainwater would make a guttural sound as it gushed outOf the pipe in the aangan(1)that ran down the wall from the chat(2)I would set the paper-boat along the current gushing outThe boat would just as soon be overturned with the waterraining down!If we would be playing cricket and...
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| Nikhat Fatima | 18:59 | 29/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (144)
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| Review of a book I read some time back. 'Start From Here' is a novel by Sean French. Mark Foll – the main protagonist works in an insurance company in London. His job is dull, mundane that of making calls to people at random from morning to evening. One day he asks for 'fun' and his life is changed forever.He is dispatched with Giles – the claim...
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| N Talwar | 12:03 | 26/Jun/2008 |
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| In the Borders of Our Life... |
| I am re-publishing this piece of writing, as a blog, years after it was awarded a prize in "Soul Space" in the Deccan Chronicle.Last month my middle aged father died unexpectedly. He was an excellentdoctor but could not get adequate attention in his time of need. When Isaw his body after his death, he looked calm and peaceful, as if in adeep slumbe...
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| Sarath Chandra | 00:07 | 18/Aug/2008 |
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| The End of the Beginning |
| I wanted to have a Coke. It was 3 months since I had one. I never wanted it till then. I guess such gaps kindle desires one never expects to have. I did not buy it; I fought the temptation for 10 minutes pacing outside the shop displaying it. I would not have it for 3 more months. My reason in a friend’s words, “If my parents left me 50000, and van...
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| Meera | 20:57 | 1/Aug/2008 |
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| Me, My Confessions and the Priest |
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| I am no pious Catholic. Neither I am a preacher nor do I go to Church regularly / weekends. I am an Outstanding Catholic if I ever go to Church…Rather for almost 6 years now I have been going to Church 6 times a year viz. 24th Dec Mid night Christmas mass and on the important days of Lent - Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday a...
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| LAUKIK | 09:40 | 16/Jun/2008 |
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| TWICE IS THE BEST |
| The hard reality Read Twice The hard reality The hard reality is that when you need advice, everyone is ready to help you, but when you need help, everyone is ready to advice you…..!
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| anil verma | 18:53 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| Sorry with new gift |
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| All Dearest Friends Sorry for my last few days absence from iland . All u know about our NGO and I am busy in some social work in chhatisgarh trible area. I think all u forgives me . Anil Verma 9868153862
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| Arpit A | 20:12 | 17/May/2008 |
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| Hey Friends, Long time since I scribbled something here. Was way too busy with my own office chores but I regularly used to visit most of ur blogs and commented to them too frequently. Well , had a real nice experience abt 10 days back. The main power supply of our office had some problem that day and somehow huge flames of fire started coming out...
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| RAGHUPAT | 22:18 | 16/Aug/2008 |
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| where there is love |
| ~ Where There Is Love ~Where there is lovethe heart is lightwhere there is lovethe day is brightWhere there is lovethere is laughteras that of childrenin the joy of being togetherWhere there is lovethere is a songto right things thathave gone wrongWhere there is lovethere always a smileto get you through a daywhich makes all things worthwhileWhere ...
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| gman | 16:13 | 19/Jun/2008 |
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| THE PERFUME |
| THE PERFUMEAs she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Mrs. Thompson...
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| vijayaram reddy | 14:52 | 11/Aug/2008 |
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| సరిగ్ĵ 5;ా చూడు ప్రాణ రహిత జీవాలĺ 9;లా తిరుగĹ 7;తోంది - ఈ ప్రజా గుం...
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| JAYDIP DAS | 00:24 | 15/Jun/2008 |
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| Tiger Safaris at Jim Corbett National Pa... |
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| Jim Corbett! a foot ball player? no the legendry hunter. You will not find anyone not knowing him. Still today you will find his books in popular internet book sellers like amazon.com likeMan-Eaters of Kumaon (Oxford India Paperbacks) (Paperback)by Jim Corbett (Author) "I WAS shooting with Eddie Knowles in Malani when I first heard of the tiger whi...
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| Naina | 23:52 | 7/Aug/2008 |
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| Serving it up!- my khayaali-pulaav! |
| Sometimes I am full of disgust for myself. Look at me!- I am able-bodied, educated, financially well off and with a lot of spare time on my hand. So what do I do about it? Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Except of course cook some nice "khayaali-pulaav" on and off in my spare time.Ok, what can I do? Exercise? I can try to burn off that flab that I hav...
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| sandeep koul | 12:28 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| Amarnath land row |
| Nationalist’s v/s secularistsJammu & Kashmir is boiling from last 2 months over Amarnath land row. The processions in Kashmir valleywas led by Hurriat.The moderate faction led by Moulvi Omar and Hardliner Group led by Geelani, sorted out their ego differences and pressurized the Azad led Congress-PDP coalition Governmentto revoke the transfer of 10...
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| Namrata Hari... | 10:20 | 6/Mar/2008 |
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| Good For Nothing |
| GOOD FOR NOTHING-15 That was an unusual quiet day in terms of workload.I was on night duty with ‘my’ staff busy in their respective duties. I had a rather unwritten agreement with the hospital management to provide me with my chosen set of nurses, ward boys and other paramedics during my night du...
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| nataszah | 20:47 | 6/Aug/2008 |
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| Morning Wish |
| I wish you wake up this morning Realizing what a wonderful person you are And the world is blessed to have you as a part of it... Have a sparkling day ahead friend!!!!!! Love you.....
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| Jasmine Jassi | 23:34 | 12/Aug/2008 |
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| kuchh panne... |
| ~~*~~Padna tumharaSab andar ke panneGhahrai seAur jan janaHar viraam ka matlab chaturai seHum dekh pate hai basBahar ka aavranEk chup !bas sharmai si..Kya hai andar pannon maiKaise puchhe ?Adb se hai ye bewfai si..Ki rukna ..jhukna ...aur viramek kahani hai es kitab mai jhulsayi si...~~*~~~~*~~Koi mit ta haiteri har khawaish pe..Tut ta hai tara ba...
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| deepthi menon | 22:50 | 9/Apr/2008 |
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| memoirs of a geisha |
| after a gap of 2 weeks..i got this book" memoirs of a geisha"..by Arthur Golden i found this one intresting but not touching ..geishas are a kind of devadasis of ancient india,who can be called as entertainers.. (not prostitutes) not of a must read category ..but a good one
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| datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008 |
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| Jobs of editorial proofreading. |
| Jobs of editorial proofreading. Editorial proofreaders they can also recommend changes in word choice or inappropriate punctuation. Jobs of editorial proofreading. http://jobcenter.webs.com/pr.htm
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| angel | 23:17 | 15/Jun/2008 |
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| m happpeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! |
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| I am happy...... :) ....dis is my 2nd blog 2day....nt cuz m bored....bt coz m happy tht my faith is strong enuff 2 keep me from breaking down!!!!I dunno...if i really hav d will power i need....but having faith sometimes really helps.....from d past 1 week i was sooo disturbed....for things i hav done...for sufferings from things i have'nt done.......
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| cadence | 11:49 | 17/Aug/2008 |
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| metaphorical death.. |
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| Late summer and fall lie ahead, but will they be full of ghosts? That is the trouble with long summer evenings and the sparkling monsoon days, they are haunted. The question is, if worst comes to worst, what is the prospects of a new life in a new dead world, with this that or whoever. I struggle constantly with a rebellious spirit, my mind in a co...
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| Tammanna | 14:58 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| The moon and the maiden |
| I stood at the terrace of my houseLooking into the face of the moonThe circle of luminance whisperedCome over to me, dear maidenI walked a few steps as if in a tranceUp the stairway of heavens I wentEnamored completely by its beatific smileNearer and nearer as I got I sawA few blemishes on its otherwise lovely visageOut of curiosity I blurted out a...
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| Tinkerbell | 12:36 | 5/May/2008 |
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| Raindrops keep fallin on my head... |
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| boomp3.comRaindrops keep fallin' on my headAnd just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bedNothin' seems to fitThose raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'So I just did me some talkin' to the sunAnd I said I didn't like the way he got things doneSleepin' on the jobThose raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'But the...
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| Vibhuti | 11:15 | 12/Aug/2008 |
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| From within |
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| If an egg is broken due to outside force-inside life ENDS but if it breaks from inside-Life BEGINS…gr8 thin…always begin from inside. Our soul is also like an egg…….it’s so delicate and sensitive that even a small remark of some1 hurt us and destroy the life in us. I was very shy and sensitive person, many time small comment, remarks or bad event m...
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| Freedom Unbound | 18:00 | 8/Aug/2008 |
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| Silver and Gold |
| London 1st November, 1896.My dear Mary, (Miss Mary Hale)"Silver and gold", my dear Mary, "have I none; but such as I have give I thee'" freely, and that is the knowledge that the goldness of gold, the silverness of silver, the manhood of man, the womanhood of woman, the reality of everything is the Lord — and that this Lord we are trying to realise...
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| Eye Weekly | 00:51 | 12/Aug/2008 |
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| Olympic Glory |
| people have been calling since morning and the discussions all throughout the day has been of India finally winning the gold and the man who made it possible, abhinav bindra.i was thinking that its great we won but come on i would only be happy if we have a good haul and not one medal since we won the last gold in hockey.but then i saw the repeat ...
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| Devi | 20:29 | 13/Aug/2008 |
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| The Last Letter |
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| His Last Letter to his parents Moments before the final assault Capt. Vijyant Thapar (Robin) left this letter at the war front base, to be handed over to his family. AND AFTER THAT HE CAME BACK HOME WITH TRI COLOR DRAPED aye mere vatan ke logon zara aankh mein bhar lo paani jo shaheed hue hain unki zara yaad karo qurbaani
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| amit goel | 22:48 | 15/Aug/2008 |
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| Independence |
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| We celebrate 61 years of Independance. We have moved through parttion, exchange of populations, integrating of the princely states, era of Pancasila, the Avadi resolutioins, socialistic pattern, China war, Pakistan wars, breakup of Congress, Indira Gandhi era, Bangladesh war, operation Bluestar, Indira Gandhi assasination, the rise and fall of Raje...
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| Tarun Giribuwa | 11:24 | 23/Mar/2008 |
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| This is awesome!! |
| I have been spending the last few days soaking up this wealth. Do click on the link below to read about the migration of humans and various sects across the human history https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/globe.h tml#/index/
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| ekantapadhika | 23:55 | 15/Aug/2008 |
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| My family and other animals-Part 1 |
| Gerald Durrell was a favourite author of mine in my childhood, the reason being that I could so easily relate to the pictures of a household where animals walked in and out amongst the humans, each one of the former having a personality as distinct as that of the latter. From as far back as I can remember, we had dogs at home. My father ...
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| Writing Village | 21:08 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| Contemporary Indian Art from Raja Ravi V... |
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| This is the first part of the three articles to be published on this subject.What is contemporary Indian art? This is a question that has gnawed at the global literary consciousness time and again. Indian art has its roots in myriad folk styles and traditions and has also fed on the social and political ethos of not only India but also of the world...
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| Amitabh Dasg... | 18:52 | 13/Aug/2008 |
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| Sentiments Related With Wedding Annivers... |
| Wedding in itself is a very special aspect of human life. It's a life time relationship that everyone wishes to have at least once in one's life. Marriage is an institution in itself that allows two people of opposite sexes together under one roof and within same four walls. This relationship is authorized by the law of the state, the society and o...
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| Noanee Kapadia | 14:04 | 17/Jun/2008 |
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| My country can be better place. |
| "My country can be better place , clean ,green and beautiful" read Kiran Naiks blog .As he says I too do not litter on streets be it somthing small like bus or a cinema ticket , it goes in my pocket back home in garbage I am sure all cld do this .Also wherever I can on the treks ,I pick up the garbage left behind by others and clean up the ground ...
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| lucille iaco... | 10:44 | 29/Jul/2008 |
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| Foraging Wild Mushrooms |
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| Lucille Iacovelli When I first moved to Cape Cod in 1991, I was struck by the stunted growth of the trees. Growing in sand and ravaged by coastal winds, trees do not grow as tall as their inland relatives. At first, I missed the majestic hardwood forests of my former home, but soon learned to appreciate the many natural wonders which can be f...
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| tamilini A | 16:03 | 10/Aug/2008 |
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| Ramblings II |
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| With my previous ramblings largely appreciated by friends undeterred possessing great patience and tolerance, I dare ramble further my musings on iland. How good is a blog? Is there a blogometer? Even if one is invented it might be tampered li...
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| Lissome Lady | 12:21 | 17/Aug/2008 |
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| IDEAS FOR THE RELUCTANT CHILD WRITER |
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| I have had so much negative crap in the last two days that I need to heal. And the only way to heal is to give. Let me share with you all something that I had devised recently to help the reluctant child writer. Those of you who have children or know of people who have children, might want to use some of these ideas. This, after all, is who I rea...
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| alpana | 14:25 | 17/Aug/2008 |
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