http://mothersofbrothers.com/shocking/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mothersofbrothers.com/shocking/comment-page-1/#comment-11399 jennifer Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:14:44 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3876#comment-11399 Whatever...they're nasty and brutish, if not short. Whatever…they’re nasty and brutish, if not short.

]]> http://mothersofbrothers.com/shocking/comment-page-1/#comment-11387 Single Futebol Fanboy Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:19:00 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3876#comment-11387 Bronte's characters are more akin to contemporary soap characters. You are as likely to find Soccer Hooligans at Premier League Man United games as you are at Swarthmore College Soccer games. The tickets and corporate reputation are too dear to permit that kind of fan unfriendly comportment from ticket buyers. English national and working class fans gooning up to root for Millwich and Liverpool's sides are the most notorious. Bronte’s characters are more akin to contemporary soap characters.
You are as likely to find Soccer Hooligans at Premier League Man United games as you are at Swarthmore College Soccer games. The tickets and corporate reputation are too dear to permit that kind of fan unfriendly comportment from ticket buyers. English national and working class fans gooning up to root for Millwich and Liverpool’s sides are the most notorious.

]]> http://mothersofbrothers.com/shocking/comment-page-1/#comment-11339 jennifer Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:21:34 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3876#comment-11339 Sarah, I'll add Reliable Wife to my brooding autumn reading list. And Melanie, I love Kate Bush, must listen to that song again now that I might actually get the lyrics. Sarah, I’ll add Reliable Wife to my brooding autumn reading list. And Melanie, I love Kate Bush, must listen to that song again now that I might actually get the lyrics.

]]> http://mothersofbrothers.com/shocking/comment-page-1/#comment-11338 MelanieO Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:12:26 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3876#comment-11338 LOVE Wuthering Heights, and will admit that I was inspired to read it in the early 80s after hearing Kate Bush's song which was inspired by the novel. Yikes...I'm dating myself! LOVE Wuthering Heights, and will admit that I was inspired to read it in the early 80s after hearing Kate Bush’s song which was inspired by the novel. Yikes…I’m dating myself!

]]> http://mothersofbrothers.com/shocking/comment-page-1/#comment-11336 Skellie Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:48:43 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3876#comment-11336 Just finished A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick, written in 2010 but compared to the Bronte sisters. Set in Wisconsin about 100 years ago. Much sorrow, secrets, insanity. Just finished A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick, written in 2010 but compared to the Bronte sisters. Set in Wisconsin about 100 years ago. Much sorrow, secrets, insanity.

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