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What Has J Been Reading? [Dominican Independence Day, 03 Nov 11]

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BEST LINE OF THE DAY (from The Rejectionist’s review of Anonymous): “I find complaining about scholarly inaccuracy in a Roland Emmerich film to be analogous to expressing displeasure that Transformers does not correctly represent the mechanics of the internal combustion engine.”

“Spanish Blood,” a short story from The Simple Art Of Murder anthology by Raymond Chandler.

Habeas corpus,” an ironically titled essay on the non-necessity of murder in crime fiction, by Lynne Patrick at Hey There’s a Dead Guy In The Living Room.  And, in the same vein, I’m catching up on the shenanigans at Slushpile Hell.

A science piece at the New York Times about how causing senescent cells to self-destruct could prevent many of the symptoms of aging.  Sounds like forced retirement for the microscopic set!

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