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I have never read Elizabeth Smart's By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, but after Sarah Weinman's terrific appreciation of it in the Wall Street Journal's weekend Review, I think I probably have to add it to the list. Anyway, this is a good a place as any to mention that the recently-revamped Review section is actually very enjoyable. Sure, it skews a little to the right, but not in the crazy, creeping way that the paper's editorial section does. It's just a nice, compact journal of arts and literature, and conservative in the good, comforting way. Also, any publication that runs the byline of Awl pal Ann Finkbeiner is certainly worth your time.
These are the sun photos. I don't think they overlap but some might. They are riveting, literally, they nail you.
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/11/02/5396090-stare-at-the-sun
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/15/check-this-out-amazing-photo-of-the-sun/
http://acrosstheuniverse.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.universetoday.com/41380/sun-photos/
Except for the NYT blog. That has no photos. A mistake.
I work two floors down from Elizabeth Smart. I can get you a signed copy of something, if I can find her.
I have never heard of this. It's funny, I have heard of people buying property on the moon, but I've never heard of this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I will see if I can get a hold of a copy of this!