Links: World Digital Library, Susan Boyle

World Digital Library, the UN project to provide digital access to cultural heritage of our world. The search interface is quite interesting. Give it a go.

Susan Boyle. For a few minutes, I forgot my distaste for gawdy talent shows and delighted in Possibilities. The unlikely and heart-warming realization of a middle aged woman's dream.

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