Oh my. My daughter just called to tell me her best friend's won a half a million dollar grant to study some scientific something or another.
And R. wrote the grant proposal for her.
Man, they've come a long way since they met in third grade and spent all their time obsessing over Battle of the Books.
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Last night I read Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending . Yes, the night before it went up against Donald Ray Pollock's The Devil Al...
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As I said on New Year's Day, one of my projects for the year is to keep track of all the reading done by the characters in the fiction t...
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Anthony Trollope's 200th birthday takes place on April 24, and Karen at Books and Chocolate is hosting an Anthony Trollope Bicenntenni...
Susan! What *wonderful* news! Please let her know her mother's virtual friend is just thrilled for her. Congratulations a million times!
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Thank you! I will! (See, I can use them, too!)
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! You must be so proud! (more exclamation points!)
ReplyDelete*sigh* My mom describes my research as "some scientific something or another" as well.... ;)
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