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Who Let the Blogs Out?: A Hyperconnected Peek at the World of Weblogs

by Biz Stone

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Ludmila's Broken English

by D.B.C. Pierre

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“Elaine turned to her father in her distress. ‘Father will you give me permission to ride after Sir Lancelot? I must reach him. Otherwise I will go out of my mind with grief.’
‘Go, good daughter. Rescue him, if you can.’
So she made herself ready for the journey, weeping all the time. Gawain himself rode back to the court of the king in London”
–The Fair Maid of Astolat”
― Peter Ackroyd, The Death of King Arthur

tags: gawain, lancelot, sir-gawain, sir-lancelot, the-death-of-king-arthur, the-fair-maid-of-astolat

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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: age, fairytales, growing-up

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“They both laughed and drank to each other; they had never tasted sweeter liquor in all their lives. And in that moment they fell so deeply in love that their hearts would never be divided. So the destiny of Tristram and Isolde was ordained.”
― Sir Thomas Malory

tags: le-morte-d-arthur, love, sir-thomas-malory, the-death-of-king-arthur, tristan-and-isolde, tristram-and-isolde

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“He turned toward my voice. "Am I well?" His mocking tone was unmistakable. "Am I well? Why can't you just talk like everyone else? Why can't you just say, 'How you doin'? You doin' good?'"

Very well, then, I said. I look forward to the day when every schoolchild will read Shakespeare's great comedic play All's Good That Ends Good.”
― Tom McNeal, Far Far Away

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“Boy you really missed the boat. I’ll make it simple, so’s even fuckin you can understand. Papa God growed us up till we could wear long pants; then he licensed his name to dollar bills, left some car keys on the table, and got the fuck outta town”. Water rushes to his eye-holes. “Don’t be lookin up at no sky for help. Look down here, at us twisted dreamers”. He takes hold of my shoulders, spins me around, and punches me towards the mirror on the wall. “You’re the God. Take responsibility. Exercise your power”
― DBC Pierre

tags: dbc-pierre, faith, god, religion, vernon-god-little

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