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May 2, 2012

Munch Cries Kiss My Ass-o, Picasso - $119.9MM for The Scream

from The LA Times
Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ goes for $119.9 million at Sotheby’s

NEW YORK — Sometimes beauty is trumped by the beast. After bullish expectations and an aggressive marketing campaign for an image considered the quintessential expression of modern horror, Sotheby’s New York sold Edvard Munch’s 1895 “The Scream” for $119.9 million on Wednesday night, [...]
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Published on May 02, 2012 20:11

Munch Cries Kiss My Ass-o Picasso - $119.9MM for The Scream

from The LA Times
Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ goes for $119.9 million at Sotheby’s

NEW YORK — Sometimes beauty is trumped by the beast. After bullish expectations and an aggressive marketing campaign for an image considered the quintessential expression of modern horror, Sotheby’s New York sold Edvard Munch’s 1895 “The Scream” for $119.9 million on Wednesday night, [...]
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Published on May 02, 2012 20:11

May 1, 2012

Poetry Is Eternal

from JH Weekly
Poetry is not dead: It’s eternal
By Richard Abowitz
 Jackson Hole, Wyo.-Each April, editors at publications all over the country performed the annual ritual of granting space to poetry. There was a time when most daily newspapers in this country published poems as commonly as crossword puzzles. Instead, poets now get April as National Poetry [...]
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Published on May 01, 2012 22:41

April 30, 2012

Jelly Face

from the UK Daily Mail
That’s going to hurt in the morning: Brutal knockout blow turns boxer’s face to jelly
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
 
This brutal knockout blow turned a boxer’s face to mush - making him look more like jelly than a prized jouster.
 

Tony Pietrantonio came crashing to the canvas in the 31st second of the third round [...]
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Published on April 30, 2012 23:54

April 29, 2012

Matangi Breaks

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Published on April 29, 2012 23:31

April 28, 2012

Nerd Rage

from PC Magazine
10 Extreme Cases of Nerd Rage
A handful of the many things that have made our geek blood boil.
By Jennifer Bergen
Nerd rage. We’ve all experienced it. Perhaps you feel it in a darkened movie theater while watching a timeless graphic novel unravel before your eyes (ahem, Watchmen). Maybe you feel your temperature start to rise when [...]
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Published on April 28, 2012 15:09

April 26, 2012

“between my cat and my pups, i’m about to f**n kill things”

from CBS Los Angeles
Hawk Snatches Shanna Moakler’s Dog From Her Calabasas Home
CALABASAS (CBS) — Former Miss USA and Playboy model Shanna Moakler says one of her dogs is missing and another is under veterinary care after the animals were attacked by a hawk at her Calabasas home.
“A eagle attacked my 2 chi’s today, my girl pup is [...]
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Published on April 26, 2012 15:18

April 24, 2012

Holly Golightly’s Townhouse Turned Over Again

from The New York Observer
Breakfast at Tiffany’s House, Where Martha Stewart’s Co-Defendant Once Lived, Sells For $6 M.
The elegant townhouse at 169 East 71st Street has played a role in two great dramas—starring first as the facade of Holly Golightly’s apartment in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and decades later acting as the hideout of owner Peter E. Bacanovic, the disgraced Merrill [...]
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Published on April 24, 2012 00:04

April 21, 2012

Third Mall From The Sun

from the Kirkintilloch Herald
Third mall from the Sun – Morrison and Cargo combine on a brave new world

CHAIN stores, skateboarding neds, Gok Wan fashion shows and zombies – a few of the things I associate with shopping malls.
Luckily Ewan Morrison has a different story to tell . . . quite a number of stories to [...]
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Published on April 21, 2012 23:56

April 20, 2012

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