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The worst things you write will take you closer to 50k just as well as brilliant things would. I wrote a lot of bad stuff today.
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Top pictures from citizen journalists around the world.
An older man reads a newspaper in a doorway in Jonker Walk Melaka, Malaysia, November 11, 2009.
Your ViewMuhammad Firsaus
link to the...
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A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours
Farmers' wives dressed in traditional Bavarian costumes arrive for the oldest Leonhard procession in Kreuth November 6, 2009.
REUTERSMichaela Rehle
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1. ineptitude - (a) unfitness (b) elimination
(c) carelessness (d) remoteness
2. strident - (a) hysterical (b) offensively loud
(c) ambitious (d) strict and severe
3. gaggle - (a) surprised...
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Our top photos from the past week.
An 8-year-old male macaque Tasik drinks Cahors wine in the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, November 6, 2009.
REUTERSIlya Naymushin
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Of course the interesting thing about keeping a diary is that you have to remember what you have done that is to be a feature in your blog and keep track of the passing of time.
This is what you might call an intermittent diary as it records...
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Here's my NaNoWriMo link list with all sorts of sites I find useful when I get stuck in November.
If you have a Linkli.st account, feel free to clone it and adapt it. And if you know any good NaNo-related sites, leave a link in the comments.
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strident (adj) - offensively loud and insistent; harsh and grating; as, The strident manager generated excitement, anger, and a brawling brand of baseball. Latin stridere (to make a harsh sound)
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I hit fifty thousand words today, and am going to bed sitting at 52, 206 words so far. I'm aiming to write a lot more this weekend and I'm really proud of what I've accomplished so far.
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The sun throws itself out to everyone each day.
It is giving something.
It is not asking for something.
Some people like the sun.
Some people love the sun.
Some people are indifferent to the sun.
Some people dont like the sun so much.
The...
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For three days, we waited.
The cave on the beach sheltered us, and on that first morning, as the sky began to lighten, I and the tribe went out on to the beach to watch.
The beach was a tiny thing. It was long, but the strip of sand was...
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A plane flies past a musical parade at Hong Kong Disneyland November 4, 2009. The Shanghai government said on Wednesday that it is in detailed talks to build a world-class Disney theme park in the Pudong district of...
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A dog dressed as Batman participates in the Family Pet Festival in Cali October 25, 2009.
REUTERSJaime Saldarriaga
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Our photographers often capture moments that are strange and offbeat. Here's a recent sampling.
Performers greet local school children as they arrive for a Halloween reception by President Barack Obama and his family...
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Realtor Mac McCollum stands in front of a foreclosed home in Bullhead City, Arizona, November 4, 2009.
REUTERSLucy Nicholson
Link to the photography on the road to recovery
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I spend all afternoon writing - but not my novel. I had a deadline for one of my regular freelance gigs today.
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So I started in on Phoenix falling today and so far that novel stands at around 13, 000 words and I stand at around 45, 000 words in total. I'm pretty happy with this, considering that my goal for tomorrow was originally 42K, so I'm ahead of myself.
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My friend who dresses like a tangerine,
Got stung behind the knee by a bee,
She screamed and stamped her feet,
Get the antihistamines, is what she what she means,
So I did.
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redux (adj) - revived, restored, brought back; as the Victorian era redux. Latin re- (again) and dux (leader)
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