The Independent Bookseller

Last week, Jenny’s post about the future of bookselling popped into my feed reader and it stuck a chord with me. Independent booksellers are close to my heart. It’s all tied up with family too. My mother is an independent bookseller. To understand why she does it, you have to understand her. After raising a third (and surprise) baby to school-going age, she decided she had enough of [...]

Way behind

.. on blogging but do check out Inside The Margin, a group blog on all things popculturey I’m helping with.

Kate Herzig ‘We’re All In This Together’

Swoony fabulousness

How to Destroy Angels “A Drowning”

I’m sucker for Trent Reznor. How to Destroy Angels is his new post-punk project with his wife Mariqueen and with Atticus Ross who produced recent NIN albums.

Here We Go Magic ‘Tunnelvision’

Hummus a battlefield

Oh dear, the Mid-East is reduced to war by tahini: War between Lebanon and Israel is being waged, not with guns or butter, but with tahini, as they vie to create the world’s largest hummus dish, observers say. Lebanon set the record Saturday for the creation of the largest plate of hummus. About 300 Lebanese [...]

“Humming Chorus” Puccini

From Madame Butterfly.

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