Suzanne Frischkorn's Blog, page 27

The Museum is Watching You

Mr. Sikora can spend long stretches alone in the gallery, waiting for someone to enter. As soon as the first person crosses the threshold, he starts the clock, and no matter how many other people also wander in, he watches only one at a time. If someone cuts through on the way to the restrooms, it doesn't count. He records a visitor as stopping in front of a painting if both feet are planted and

COVER-Tale of Woe:

The death of the VQR's Kevin Morrissey | The Hook News Blog*

Today

Lit Windowpane is Celebrating 90 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote.*Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed

Anti- #48

Carsten René Nielsen (translated by David Keplinger)*

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The Straightforward Mermaid, by Matthea Harvey*

By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea...

We're off to the seashore. xo

There Are 129,864,880 Books in the World

(According to Google)Google, because it can,calculated the number of books in the world, and came up with a number: 129,864,880. If you read one a day, you could finish in 356,000 years. So, you know, better get started.

Hooray!

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and fourth woman, selecting a scholar with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal legal bent.The vote was 63-37 for President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed retired Justice John Paul Stevens.

Art After Children

For centuries, writers have sung the virtues of staying connected to the routine and the mundane. Real creativity should feel like a game, not a career. Having to hang out the washing or get up and make breakfast helps you remember that your "work" is actually fun. And for it to stay fun, you have to be unafraid of failure. It's very powerful to be surrounded by people who love you for something

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