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Patrick Marber's 'Closer' brings dishonesty, emptiness together
Love hurts. And love's pain over time is the premise examined on the figurative operating table of Patrick Marber's four-character play "Closer," which opens Friday at the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre.A photographer, a dermatologist, a stripper and an obituary writer stand at the corners of Marber's grim central romantic...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:09:27 GMT - (The Gainesville Sun)

Mother longs to know son's fate
The mother of a Feilding man who went missing a year ago today says she feels a deep emptiness in not knowing what happened to her son.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:02:04 GMT - (Stuff)

Outdoor Library: North to Alaska: Author tells of Arctic life
What's the setting of the thermostat in your home? Whatever it is, no matter how frightful the weather is outside, turn the heat off and let things chill down. Then subtract another 80 degrees ? no, make that 100. Add all the wildlife and glorious emptiness of interior Alaska, native neighbors struggling for identity against societal forces from the Lower 48, parents who really, really ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:17:39 GMT - (The Sacramento Bee)

BCS title game provides unsatisfying finish to season
There are two certainties at this time of year in the sports world: That Brett Favre is considering retirement and that frustrated college football fans are calling for a change.
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:27:29 GMT - (Miami Herald)

In 'Revolutionary Road,' Leo DiCaprio just an ordinary guy
NEW YORK -- In ?Revolutionary Road,? Leonardo DiCaprio does not play a CIA agent, a reclusive multimillionaire or a South African diamond smuggler. Instead, he plays Frank Wheeler, a suburban husband, father and office worker ? a character of whom it could be said that there?s nothing unusual or extraordinary at all.
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:32:28 GMT - (The Pantagraph)

Mickey Rourke is smashing in "The Wrestler"
Mickey Rourke's moving, charming and physically impressive performance as "The Wrestler" carries a movie that might otherwise be another downer down-and-out flick. Reviewed by Mark Rahner.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:13:24 GMT - (Seattle Times)

North Point Church working for Rural Compassion
Volunteers from North Point Church will spend Saturday morning preparing donations for Ozarks-based Rural Compassion, an initiative supporting the rural poor.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:54:32 GMT - (The Springfield News-Leader)

?Reader? is dramatic chapter for Winslet review
In some stories, there can be no catharsis, the German writer Bernhard Schlink has said of his novel, ?The Reader.? For some crimes, there is no forgiveness.
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:04:23 GMT - (Times Leader)

Forward.com
The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008 Edited by Philip Zaleski Houghton Mifflin, 256 pages, $14. Bad spiritual writing is easy. Good spiritual writing is hard. And often for the same reasons.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:13:55 GMT - (Forward)

On DVD: Tucson, or not Tucson, "Hamlet 2' was not meant 2 be
Frailty, thy name is "Hamlet 2."
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:16:37 GMT - (Las Cruces Sun-News)

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Naked is as naked does.Apostle of HustleThe Naked and AloneThis is Part II of my look at Apostle of Hustle featuring Tanya Tagaq doing a CBC Radio 2 ... . That is the actual image I had in my brain.  Deep in my memory, an emptiness waits. This is a dark song
Posted on 2009-01-09 04:30:22 GMT

blog: The Alder ForkFriday's Fave Five
It's almost Friday again and time to ponder some favorites from the past week! ... . That emptiness is such a welcome sight. Oh how sweet it is'¦2. Starting to walk regularly again
Posted on 2009-01-09 04:06:12 GMT

blog: The Happy WondererNew Year's resolutions
It's that time of year again. I know it's a week later'¦but man I was sick as a dog last week. My resolutions had to wait.We all make our New Year's resolutions and hope for better things this year than last. I tried to keep my resolutions somewhat achievable this year
Posted on 2009-01-09 03:01:01 GMT

blog: Harmony's NookResolution for a new year
I can see an A380 flying outside my window. Which is, I guess, an appropriate sign of the new year in the third millenium ... of the environment (just like the geometrical emptiness of the plane's descent). But that would be obvious
Posted on 2009-01-09 02:46:36 GMT

blog: Two Dead ElephantsNew Regency Book Acquisitions
It's alright with me that the weather's too cold for outdoor activities. I've purchased new books to keep me warm ... , the elegant dress, the grand, scenic architecture-was an underlying malaise, a pervasive emptiness
Posted on 2009-01-09 01:32:11 GMT

blog: Jane Austen's WorldGovernor's School Application Piece '” Philosaffiti.
Many thanks if you read through it!I'd very much appreciate Comments&Criticism ... stifled with emptiness. Taking an involuntary step backward, I peered into the shadows cast by the near
Posted on 2009-01-09 01:17:02 GMT

blog: The Fickle PhilosopherThe Everyman Edition of Richard Yates
Here's an interesting discussion of Richard Yates' literary output, in particular, the sublime Revolutionary Road at Slate: ... to Paris while her husband Frank loses his nerve and decides that the "hopeless emptiness" of Eisenhower
Posted on 2009-01-09 00:57:06 GMT

blog: Patrick McCoyOn Newsgames' Newsworthiness
In a recent post over at the Georgia Tech Journalism & Games Project (Raid Gaza! Editorial Games and Timeliness) ... . But I have reservations about the strong position Bogost himself takes with respect to the emptiness
Posted on 2009-01-09 00:56:05 GMT

blog: gamestate » all games are serious games (but some games are more serious than others) Giving it All Away
I follow a really great blog, Silent Musings, and I always find food for thought when a new post is written ... of a head game either way; with one, you spend your life trying to fill holes and keep emptiness
Posted on 2009-01-09 00:40:00 GMT

blog: Growing Up SpoiledOral Fixation Vol. 2 - Letras de las canciones
How do you do? Forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those who have trespassed against us Give us this day our daily bread Daily bread, daily bread Gloria Espiritu Santo What language do you speak If you speak at all? Are you some kind of freak Who lives to raise the ones who fall?
Posted on 2009-01-08 23:40:58 GMT

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