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14:19 Sun -- TiffanyGilbert updated TiffanyGilbert
Calvino in the mind of the reader
Where to even begin with this one. After reading 50+ pages of "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler," I came to find the plot is really not important to the story, since there are several plots completely unrelated to one another. I actually find this book to be very... ... (412 more words, 0 comments)
| 22:00 Sat -- MadelynGillespie updated Wandering Muse
More than 1 type of stress
Well folks, it's official: There is more to stress than acting crazy accompanying various aches and pains, but also how you end your sentences! God help the caffeine addicts who talk to fast for anyone to properly understand what they say at the end of their sentences. Nevertheless, Joseph M.... ... (229 more words, 1 comments)
| 18:26 Sat -- TiffanyGilbert updated TiffanyGilbert
Short & Sweet, the name of Calvino's game.
While reading through the introduction to If on a Winter's Night A Traveler, by Italo Calvino, my thoughts revolved around Peter Washington's description of Calvino's work. He said, "The Taste for brevity-which links him with that other Italian master, Primo Levi-was in part a metter of choice, in part dictated... ... (373 more words, 0 comments)
| 11:29 Sat -- MikeRubino updated Tranquility Lost
Punch Bug
It's been over a month since my accident. Over a month since I've driven my car. They're working diligently on it, constructing the front end, replacing the air bag, getting a new VW logo to stick in the grill. For the past four weeks, I've driven my dad's car. I'm very grateful. But this week I was supposed to get my car back, and I didn't. They found something else that needed special ordered from Deutschland. So instead, the auto body place gave me a rental for the weekend.
A VW Beetle. ... (448 words, 0 comments)
| 22:41 Fri -- StephanieWytovich updated "When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Rosemary's Baby: Is it too obvious to horror junkies?
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| 22:02 Fri -- StephanieWytovich updated "When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Wrongfully Portrayed in Literature and Film
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| 21:32 Fri -- StephanieWytovich updated "When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
What it takes for me to write...
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| 14:13 Fri -- JeremyBarrick updated Setonian Online
Shot at $25,000 adds excitement and fans to senior night
Adding to an already thrilling senior night at the McKenna Center on Feb. 20, Seton Hill’s (SHU) athletic department held their much anticipated half court contest during halftime of the Lady Griffins’ final regular season home game.... ... (659 more words, 0 comments)
| 14:12 Fri -- JeremyBarrick updated Setonian Online
Cell phone novels and novelists redefine text
Cell phone novels originated in Japan in the 1990s. However, North America’s awareness and practice of this new combination of literature and technology grew with the expansion of cell phone novelists, such as Matthew Reeves, and the production of more advanced cell phones, such as the iPhone.... ... (667 more words, 0 comments)
| 14:11 Fri -- JeremyBarrick updated Setonian Online
Burton’s Alice is a hit with kids and book lovers alike
Disney’s highly-anticipated “Alice in Wonderland” is a tale of whimsical, albeit crazy, people and their quest to save their world and the coming-of-age of the title character; all the ingredients of a pretty straight-forward fairy tale. This, along with the fact that it really does not matter whether you... ... (700 more words, 0 comments)
From Jerz's Literacy Weblog
All-text video games make comeback
There's nothing really new in this story, but it's still good to see my favorite game genre get some good press.Along with simulated space battles and table-tennis matches, interactive fiction (IF) is one of the oldest of computer-game forms. Though...
R.I.P. Social Media, it was a nice dream while it lasted
For once we had the possibility of a global platform from which we had the power to make those in power listen to us. What we have ended up with is nothing more that a digital Madison Avenue and a whole...
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