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...cheapness argument is hard to buy, though, since so many iPhone apps are free. Perhaps there just aren't any Festivus-observing developers yet. That would be odd, since Salkin noted that a Grievances application is available to Festivus observers on Facebook, where a number of member groups exist for celebrants. "I don't know how active it is, though," he said. He did have one suggestion for anyone who craved Festivus for their iPhone: You can buy the audio version of his book on the iTunes Music Store...
...first act is set in a forest, while the second takes place in London, although the change between the two acts is minimal to preserve the same whimsical feeling throughout the show. Using Miller’s advice and the unique demands of the Agassiz Theatre’s odd dimensions as her starting point, Lin took into account all views from the audience when designing. “The set is dominated by two trees on either side of the stage,” she says. “The backdrops and sidedrops are painted like a watercolor wash...
...there was a lot of discussion about an academic food studies program. I got up and asked everyone, ‘If suddenly Melinda Gates came and offered lots of money for a chair in food studies or food history, would you really want it? Would it seem odd...to have a chair exclusively devoted to food?’ There was a great division in the room.”Sokolov compares the birth of food studies to the emergence of Women and Gender Studies and Black Studies as legitimate disciplines. “As I recall...
...rage these days). Who knows how much is genuine. Can giant corporations be genuine about stuff like that? Yet the case is also effectively made that the failure of the Big Three would be absolutely disastrous for a ton of people. Reading these reports leaves one feeling an odd combination of anger and pity...
...test of a collector is to acquire the most treasure for the least money. It was during the Depression that my grandfather became a great collector. He was not born rich, but he had a genius for money, especially for primitive and "odd and curious" currencies. In 1934, the New York Times described his coin collection as one of the largest in the world. "A lot of people call us crazy," he told the paper, "but I think it's a worthwhile hobby. It keeps me broke most of the time." Like any master hunter, he had a scavenger...