http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20456 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20456#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:00:49 +0000 Vulpes http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20456 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20456/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20331 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20331#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:43:12 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20331 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20331/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20330 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20330#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:42:20 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20330 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20330/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20320 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20320#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:27:34 +0000 optical_allusion http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20320 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20320/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20305 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20305#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37:54 +0000 keisertroll http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20305 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20305/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20303 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20303#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:35:13 +0000 MisterHippity http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20303 something like this?]]> something like this?]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20303/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20299 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20299#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:24:28 +0000 MisterHippity http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20299 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20299/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20298 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20298#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:24:26 +0000 TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20298 (Hides copy of Antonia Fraser's Marie Antoinette with Kristin Dunst on cover.)*]]> (Hides copy of Antonia Fraser's Marie Antoinette with Kristin Dunst on cover.)*]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20298/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20283 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20283#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:51:18 +0000 keisertroll http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20283 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20283/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20276 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20276#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:37:10 +0000 jolie http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20276 anything for English class. I love the idea of giving kids more control over what they study, particularly when it comes to literature, but the choice should be from an edited list, not a free-for-all (the teacher allowed students to pick among graphic novels and James Patterson. JAMES FUCKING PATTERSON ARE YOU KIDDING ME SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, YOU'LL READ "AS I LAY DYING" JUST LIKE I HAD TO YOU FUCKING BRAT.) So yeah, this gives me a nervous shiver, but really if the result is that more people discover Bronte, I'll happily suppress the utties and give this a big round of applause.]]> anything for English class. I love the idea of giving kids more control over what they study, particularly when it comes to literature, but the choice should be from an edited list, not a free-for-all (the teacher allowed students to pick among graphic novels and James Patterson. JAMES FUCKING PATTERSON ARE YOU KIDDING ME SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, YOU'LL READ "AS I LAY DYING" JUST LIKE I HAD TO YOU FUCKING BRAT.) So yeah, this gives me a nervous shiver, but really if the result is that more people discover Bronte, I'll happily suppress the utties and give this a big round of applause.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20276/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20274 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20274#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:30:43 +0000 oudemia http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20274 Behold the cover of Jean-Luc Marion's The Erotic Phenomenon.]]> Behold the cover of Jean-Luc Marion's The Erotic Phenomenon.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20274/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20271 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20271#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:29:27 +0000 oudemia http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20271 http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/old-book-gets-fresh-vampirey-makeover#comment-20271/feed 0