Jonathan Freedland article — “Elizabeth the Last”

Elizabeth the Last

The Queen, who is 80 today, is the best thing about the monarchy: constant, reassuring and one of the most accomplished politicians of our age. But the institution is finished, says Jonathan…

Six word stories

Wired did an article where they asked famous authors for short-short-stories of exactly 6 words. The article was refered to on /. where the commentors added a bunch of there own. Here’s some of the best ones…

Meme

Bold the books you have read
Italicize the books you had read to you as a child or read as a child and cannot remember
Underline the books you intend to read
Put in red the books you’ve never heard of

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials Trilogy, Philip…

More of the same (as ever)

Bloglines haven’t even bothered getting back to me this time (unlike last time, 10 days ago, when they promised it would be fixed in a couple of days)…

Anyway…

Interesting quote (ref ID)

Benjamin Franklin said:

“When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not do so, and God chooses not to do so, so that its professors are obliged to call for the help of the civil power, ’tis a sign, I apprehend, of its…