THE STRANGLER (Book Reporter)
Michael, on the front porch.He paced.He hunched inside his winter coat, dragged on a cigarette, picked at the spongy floorboards with his toe. The planks were rotting, flaking apart.What a fucking dump. Whole place was falling apart....more...3,000 US dead, just one tear (The Scotsman)
WHITE House defends troop 'surge' in Iraq as policy criticism grows...more... Scotland faces 'global disgrace' for Executive failure to ban smacking (The Scotsman)
A POWERFUL UN watchdog is preparing a report that will criticise the Scottish Executive for its failure to outlaw the smacking of children....more... SELF STORAGE (Book Reporter)
Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs! I celebrate myself Sorry. I just can?t do it. Walt Whitman starts ?Song of Myself,? the greatest poem in the world, with those three words....more... Bars prepare plans for smoking patios (The Pantagraph)
BLOOMINGTON -- A bright orange card with the city of Bloomington?s logo is posted on the front door of the Windjammer lounge. The card declares the Windjammer, 2303 Stern Drive, is temporarily exempt from the city?s smoking ban because its owner plans to renovate the outdoor patio....more... |