pamibe » Literature | pamibe http://pamibe.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:33:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Robert Burns Day http://pamibe.com/2012/01/robert-burns-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-burns-day http://pamibe.com/2012/01/robert-burns-day/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:56:49 +0000 Pam http://pamibe.com/?p=21262 [typography font="Cantarell" size="24" size_format="px"]To A Mouse[/typography] Wee, sleekit, cowran, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee, Wi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, …

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]]> http://pamibe.com/2012/01/robert-burns-day/feed/ 13 New Edition http://pamibe.com/2011/01/new-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-edition http://pamibe.com/2011/01/new-edition/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:56:35 +0000 Pam http://pamibe.com/?p=14551 I don’t care if it is only two words, don’t touch them.

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]]> http://pamibe.com/2011/01/new-edition/feed/ 9 Sunday (Bizarre) Funnies… http://pamibe.com/2010/12/sunday-bizarre-funnies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sunday-bizarre-funnies http://pamibe.com/2010/12/sunday-bizarre-funnies/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:27:14 +0000 Erinyes http://pamibe.com/?p=14162 Holy Barackshit! This has to be one of the most bizarre concepts I’ve ever seen… Cracked’s 5 Insane Barack Obama Comic Books You Won’t Believe Are Real. A comic book about Barack Obama?!? Is casting Barack as a comic book superhero the stupidest way you’ve seen yet to glorify this …

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]]> http://pamibe.com/2010/12/sunday-bizarre-funnies/feed/ 1 The History of One Tough http://pamibe.com/2010/10/the-history-of-one-tough/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-history-of-one-tough http://pamibe.com/2010/10/the-history-of-one-tough/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:14:52 +0000 Pam http://pamibe.com/?p=13121 They say Thursday is the most productive day of the week, but I don’t see how. After the requisite morning news roundup I started reading poetry, which is a superb way to cleanse the mental palate. Dylan Thomas just suffered through another dead birthday, so I started there… and happened …

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]]> http://pamibe.com/2010/10/the-history-of-one-tough/feed/ 6 When Christ and His Saints Slept http://pamibe.com/2010/10/when-christ-and-his-saints-slept/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-christ-and-his-saints-slept http://pamibe.com/2010/10/when-christ-and-his-saints-slept/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:11:05 +0000 Pam http://pamibe.com/?p=12548 I finally finished Sharon Kay Penman’s When Christ and His Saints Slept. It’s a large, complex book, this first of the Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy and covers the years from 1135 to 1154. Luckily Penman made both the characters and story quite accessible to the reader. From …

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]]> http://pamibe.com/2010/10/when-christ-and-his-saints-slept/feed/ 8 Archy and Mehitabel http://pamibe.com/2010/10/archy-and-mehitabel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=archy-and-mehitabel http://pamibe.com/2010/10/archy-and-mehitabel/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:32:44 +0000 Pam http://pamibe.com/?p=12495 Archy the cockroach, once a ‘vers libre bard’ and his feline friend Mehitabel, who claims to be a reincarnation of Cleopatra, were unlikely childhood friends of mine. Mrs. Strauss* made our introductions and would even recite their exploits if the mood took her. So when I ran across the books …

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]]> http://pamibe.com/2010/10/archy-and-mehitabel/feed/ 10 Much to Learn http://pamibe.com/2010/03/much-to-learn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=much-to-learn http://pamibe.com/2010/03/much-to-learn/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:45:22 +0000 Pam http://pamibe.com/?p=8567 Owing to Patti’s generosity I’m currently reading Exodus by Leon Uris. Exodus by American novelist Leon Uris is about the founding of the State of Israel. Published in 1958, it is based on the name of the 1947 immigration ship Exodus. In 1956, Uris covered the Arab-Israeli fighting as a …

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]]> http://pamibe.com/2010/03/much-to-learn/feed/ 6 A Trip of Goats http://pamibe.com/2009/08/a-trip-of-goats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-trip-of-goats http://pamibe.com/2009/08/a-trip-of-goats/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:44:21 +0000 Pam http://pamibe.com/?p=5778 I finished Velociman’s book yesterday. It comes off as vaguely autobiographical, so I’d love to see an author Q&A sometime in the near future. Here’s my take… Often crude and frequently funny, A Trip of Goats is about the human condition, in all its humble glory and pathetic excess, seen …

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