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* I suspect my recent random ginger craving might have been the warning sign my ulcer is back. as of today, I'm very sure it's back. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Tzatziki craving is related as well.

* "10 Things Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know About Ronald Reagan:" http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/05/reagan-centennial/

* A thing on the complexities surrounding the making and display of "Fire in My Belly:" http://out.com/detail.asp?id=28655

* "Hidden pornographic poems explain 'bestseller' success of C18 poetical volumes:" http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-hidden-pornographic-poems-bestseller-success.html

"Dr. van Hensbergen said: "‘The Cabinet’ is unusual because it shows us that people read pornographic writing directly alongside the verse of major poets. This raises interesting questions about what counts as literature and where the boundaries between high and low culture lie. These ideas were much more fluid in the 18th century than they are today.""

* "Row over Chopin's Majorcan residence solved by piano:" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/8296219/Row-over-Chopins-Majorcan-residence-solved-by-piano.html

Look, anything to do with George Sand and Chopin is relevant to my interests, okay? Don't judge me.

* "The stalker who stole Queen Victoria's underwear:" http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/01/queen-victoria-stalker-boy-jones

* Rm tells a whole lot of truths about "queer rage and the grocery toll:" http://lettersfromtitan.com/2011/02/07/what-the-grocery-toll-is-really-indicative-of/

* And a comic: http://www.asofterworld.com/clean/bigwinner.jpg