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Harry Potter and the Somewhat-Solved Mystery of the Growing Breasts

Posted on May 10th, 2007 in Culture, In The News, Literature

WARNING: Some of the content of this post is a bit risque.
Sometimes it is hard to live up to expectations. When Hollywood is confronted with this challenge, it usually resorts to using the most sophisticated strategy it can conceive: sex. After all, sex, the sexification of objects (women, men, sheep), can often lead to a [...]

IN MEMORIAM: 20th Century’s Mark Twain – Writer Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on April 13th, 2007 in In The News, Literature

On Wednesday April 11, Kurt Vonnegut, one of our most creative and influential writers, past away after sustaining brain injuries from a recent fall at his Manhattan residence. He was 84.

Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, and studied chemistry at Cornell University before joining the Army. During his formative years he [...]