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Self Esteem Quotes–So Close and Yet So Far
Strength for Today | December 1st 2009 by Diane
Today’s self-help books offer this poison: Learn to love yourself. Accept yourself unconditionally. Speak up. Praise yourself. Believe in yourself. We even have companies enticing viewers to splurge on their product, “Because y read more
The Last Station Trailer
The People's Movie's | November 26th 2009 by paul devine
Share Sony Classics has posted on line the English speaking version of the Michael hoffman written and directed movie THE LAST STATION.this is a historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s struggle to balance fame and wealth read more
The Last Station
The Search | November 18th 2009 by Brett McCracken
A film about the final days of Russian author Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace, Anna Karenina) may sound like a bore to the average moviegoer, and indeed, The Last Station is admittedly a very bookish, Merchant Ivory sort of film. But it’s also utterly read more
That is Life.
Access denied-living with multiple sclerosis | October 31st 2009 by Herrad
Last night I was quite dreamy as we were getting ready to sleep, two things did not aid sleep one was talking to Richie.And the other much more disturbing thing was the parties with their dull droning bass beat, which is sadly all the neighbours hear read more
“The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy
Andrew Blackman | October 27th 2009 by Andrew Blackman
A man dies slowly and in great agony. He ponders the meaning of life, and this increases his anguish: even worse than the physical pain of a slow, lingering death is the spiritual anguish of realising he has wasted his life. Tolstoy’s main targ read more
Reading books or reading about writers: Which is more exciting?
Cognition | October 20th 2009 by Ahmed Adnan Habib
The question is more relevant at this era of screen reading. Book reading has now become an academic issue that cannot be helped. This is not a judgment article of ethics; so concentration is more on the inquiry of excitement. A life of Hemingway has read more
Write On!
Sassistas! Our dish on the social soup | October 20th 2009
BIG DAY IN THE SASSOSPHERE SISTAS AND MISTAS!It's the National Day on Writing AND it's barista's birthday. She's a very good writer, so the timing is providential! Fortuitous! Auspicious! Propitious! Serendipitous! Felicitous! Sass read more
The Dalai Lama in Jurassic Park
The Atheist Conservative | October 9th 2009 by theatheistconservative
Lydia Aran, a specialist in Buddhism, wrote an illuminating article on Tibet, published in Commentary magazine in January 2009. Inventing Tibet needs to be read in full to be fully appreciated. Here we quote parts of it to support our comments on t read more
Tolstoy and anarchy...
Burning Aquarium | October 5th 2009
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910 pictured here with Maxim Gorky) was noted for the vastness of his opus and his beard, but I only recently became aware of his anarchist tendencies.Prince Peter Kropotkin wrote of Tolstoy in the article on an read more
The Sure Thing
My Notes on the Stock Market | October 3rd 2009 by Chris
Speculating vs Investing"When I was a kid, my dad used to joke about the habitual gambler who finally heard about a race with only one horse in it. He bet the rent money on it, but he lost when the horse jumped over the fence and ran away. There is n read more
Somebody’s thoughts on sex (part 1)
Going Against the Current | October 1st 2009 by John Ryan Recabar
http://blog.guardian.co.uk It’s been a long time since I wrote about a topic that interests me more than anything else — sex. I’ll sound cocky, (the pun is not intended) if I brag about where I have been to and what I have been through just so read more
Wood’s Dying Satyr
NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS | September 30th 2009 by Nigel Beale
Project Gutenberg Excerpts from James Wood’s latest New Yorker piece: ‘Brain Drain The scientific fictions of Richard Powers.’ [...] read more
Unreimbursed work-related expenses
My Life and Thoughts | September 21st 2009 by Mathias
If there’s one thing about the writing life that recommends itself to young people, it’s the limited capital outlay. You don’t need to pay salaries, rent a recording studio, or make weekly trips to Denver… but does that mean read more
Quote – Tolstoy
A World of Many | September 20th 2009 by Tammy
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: be, happy, healling, inspirational, quote, tolstoy read more
Cat’s whiskers.
Pop Goes The Slop | September 15th 2009 by Deepak Mankar
If you’re one of those who think “intellectuals” are cat’s whiskers, better stay away from Paul Johnson’s Intellectuals (Harper & Row, New York, 1988). My friend, Manohar Mason of Pentagon Communications is probably the most logical people read more
The Roads Less Travelled
The Kahrmann Blog | September 15th 2009 by Peter S. Kahrmann
John Steinbeck once wrote, “We are creatures of habit, a very senseless species.” He was right. We all get caught up in patterns and relationships in life that hold us back, that result in our taking part in life with one hand tied behind our bac read more
The beautiful future
My Life and Thoughts | September 1st 2009 by Mathias
Dear readers, thanks for all the kind comments on “Safe Laughs,” as well as for notifying me that I-14, a bit like the Lev Tolstoy Accordion Academy, is at this point only a beautiful dream of the future, and the road one was actually dr read more
Is Christianity even a "religion?"
Soul Sanity | August 29th 2009
Think about it. How do you define religion? Belief in God is a reason to live, right, and a religion is how to go about living your life based on that belief. "Religion" perhaps partially comes from the Latin verb "religare," which means to bind, tie read more
Joe Sr.,Joe Jr, JFK,Bobby,Teddy, The House of Atreus, The Brother…
The Daily Grand and Sundry | August 27th 2009 by gerry maxey
Senator Ted Kennedy is dead, surprisingly of natural causes, an aggressive brain tumor. It is the end of the the American House of Atreus, the end of the Kennedy brothers, our Valois dynasty. read more
The Reason Why
Language Is Wine Upon The Lips | August 26th 2009 by C.S.
A few years ago I met Lucy. Her make-up was flawless, her hair was unbelievably shiny, and her flowery dresses were charming. Her family was lovely and she drove a nifty, new SUV that always smelled like vanilla. She was always happy and always cheer read more
25 Years Later
The Kahrmann Blog | August 23rd 2009 by Peter S. Kahrmann
Tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of the day two teenager held me up on a Brooklyn street. One put a gun to my head and fired. He and his accomplice, who was rifling through my pockets when the trigger was pulled, got $63 for their efforts. The bul read more
Bu da Süleyman'ın hikayesi...
Çatlaklar Tekkesi | August 19th 2009
Bu hikaye aslında sadece süleymanın hikayesi değil, Salmanların, Caharların, Aslanların, Zelimhanların, Şamillerin yani Kafkas dağlarının gözü pek, başı dik, onurlu, yiğit insanlarının yani Çeçenlerin hikayesi.Çeçenler kafkas i read more
Books I'm Ashamed to Say I Haven't Read Yet
Girl of 1000 Lists | August 14th 2009 by Girl Of 1000 Lists
I was an English major in college (university for those outside of the U.S.), but that doesn't mean that I've read all the classics. These are some of the books I've always been meaning to read but I just haven't . . . yet.Anna Karenina by Leo Tolsto read more
Düello Ve Pusu
İzmir'de Sanat | August 7th 2009 by Emrah Atik
“Savaş Sanatlarında 36 Gizli Strateji” Neo-liberal zamanların pompalanan, parlayan yazarlarının sözün şehvetine kapılarak, büyük bilge edalarına girerek sürekli coşkuyla dile getirdikleri bir görüş vardı. Daha doğrusu yerleşm read more
Making Trails and Other Great Quotes
Digital Citizen | July 31st 2009 by Minh Tan
Some of the latest quotes I've encountered and liked a lot. read more
Book Review: Anna Karenina
Librarians do it Between the Covers | July 31st 2009 by Toni Scime
Review of: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 976 pages; Modern Library, 2000 Summary: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This will perhaps not be very encouraging (but hopefully it will be helpful) read more
tolstoy bir “blogger” olsa…
Elifin Gunlugu | July 29th 2009 by Elifin Gunlugu
Tolstoy, ilkgençlik döneminden başlayarak günlük tutmuş, hayatının son dönemine kadar da bu alışkanlığından vazgeçmemiş… Blogdan ötürü üye olduğum ve zaman zaman forum sohbetlerine laf yetiştirdiğim sitedeki blogcuların ço read more
Talking to Strangers
Piewacket | July 15th 2009 by Piewacket
A while back, I went to a local Starbucks in Buckhead, the only seat in the whole place was next to this old man. There was a set of big leather chairs back in a corner and the two chairs were very close together. I think living in New York City you read more
No Title
writing neuroses | July 14th 2009
Why your novel, beautiful as it is, will never get published …• Procrastination is the thief of time• The best drives out the good• You are a writer – so write, damn you!These three sentences rotate on the corkboard above my computer. They read more
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