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Blog: The Winged Elephant (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Blog: The Winged Elephant (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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David Winner's fascinating examination of Dutch soccer, Brilliant Orange, is now available in paperback from Overlook. Just in time for Euro 2008, the book includes a new introduction by Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World. After the stunning 3-0 upset of Italy on Monday, the Netherlands squad faces France tomorrow in Bern.
Blog: Mad Woman in the Forest (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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BH went underground and came up with the right box of family photos. I'm not exactly sure why I'm doing this, but babies make people do strange things.
This photo was taken in 1933. The baby is my mother, held by her mother, with her mother to the left and the grande dame, Hundreds-Great-Grandma Ida to the right. (It's OK, you can say it. I think Grandma Ida looks scary as hell, too.)
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.