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some insight on the current Monica Ali/Brick Lane fuss

a blog about funk carioca / baile funk. I think.

Because god forbid people should actually use sight, touch and smell to choose produce. via wmmna.

pronoun use and politeness in Korean, English and Japanese

“When the church wins the culture wars, it inevitably loses,” Mr. Boyd preached. “When it conquers the world, it becomes the world. When you put your trust in the sword, you lose the cross.”

“I’ve started reading Tostoy’s War and Peace. Here’s a running list of its characters in the order of their appearance or, in a few cases, their first mention. I’ll come back periodically to update the line-up and descriptions. Mostly to help me keep trac

an above-average article about Wikipedia