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Amazon.com: Books: The Last Girls

First Sentence: “HARRIET THINKS IT WAS William Faulkner who said that Mississippi begins in the lobby of the Peabody hotel…”

From Amazon:
In the brisk and readable The Last Girls, acclaimed Southern writer Lee Smith reunites four college suitemates on a boat tour of the mighty Mississippi. Thirty-five years before, inspired by reading Twain’s Huckleberry Finn in class (a detail not nearly revisited enough), the women floated down the same river on a manmade raft; now they are gathered at the request of their recently deceased ringleader’s husband. The story unfolds through the eyes of each woman as the old friends weave college memories with their own dramas spanning the three decades since graduation. Harriet, Courtney, Catherine, and Anna come through muddily compared to their dead friend Baby. Even in death, Baby, a Sylvia Plath-like creature with voracious appetites for poetry, self-mutilation, and sex, nearly overwhelms her more reticent friends with past behaviors better suited to a mental institution than a dorm room. As the tour boat bobs along in the wake of these women’s emotional crises, Smith offers up the contemporary female life experience, fivefold. At its heart, this is a book about how we never quite outgrow the past, even after plenty of chances to do otherwise.

Amazon.com: Books: How to Make a Journal of Your Life

ClickerSolutions Training Articles — Teaching a Reliable Recall
Here is something I wrote for the golden rescue list I’m on. Keep in mind that I wrote this, knowing that some volunteers and adoptive ‘parents’ never heard of positive/clicker training before. Some have no idea how to start. I thought this would get them on their way. They were free to email me with questions. But this is how I taught April.”

Reliable Recall

These days, it’s important that your dog be trained with a reliable recall - you just never know.

CNN.com - ‘Chick flick,’ ‘hospitalist’ among new dictionary entries - Oct 4, 2005: “SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) — Go ahead, treat yourself. Check out the latest ‘chick flick,’ get a ‘bikini wax’ or enjoy an ice cream — but be careful about ‘brain freeze.’If any of that isn’t clear, it might be wise to consult the latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, which formally defines words that have taken root in American conversation.”

CNN.com - Bird flu: What you need to know - Jan. 24, 2004:
“(CNN) — Below is a list of key questions and answers regarding the bird flu that is sweeping across Asia.

What is bird flu (avian influenza)?

CNN.com - A convicted hacker debunks some myths - Oct 7, 2005
(CNN) — To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with hacking, the cinematic sort where a snot-nosed kid thumbs his nose at authority. But, Mitnick says, the characterization is a bit overdone and the legend untrue, if not libelous.

CNN.com - Casino damage scraps early hope - Oct 10, 2005: “BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) — When Hurricane Katrina finished pounding this seaside city, it appeared the Beau Rivage hotel-casino had escaped serious damage.”

Senate approves $4 bln to fight bird flu