- The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut (by the late great Nora Ephron)
““I can’t really go on without an umlaut,” he said. “We’re in Sweden.”
- Five in the Colonies: Enid Blyton’s Sri Lankan Adventures, Randy Boyagoda
The classic children’s author.
- Not bored, but Libored
“British banking continues to be insufficiently dull.”
- This Week In Threat-Mongering – The Iran Version – democracyarsenal.org
“If Burns is correct that Iran is America’s number one adversary in the world then truly the United States has little to worry about. Iran is a second rate military power, lacks an active nuclear program, is deeply isolated in the Middle East, has a poorly performing economy and has few allies or friends.”
- That Would Be An Ecumenical Matter (2)
“What would Jesus have said about gay marriage?I don’t know, and neither does anybody else.”
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Interview (1927)
The creator of Sherlock Holmes speaks.
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