Gone

In an Introduction written two decades later, Nabokov explains the joke: “a slight shift in the spectrum of meaning replaces the title Gone With the Wind (filched from Dowson’s Cynara) with that of Flung Roses (filched from the same poem), and a fusion between two cheap novels (by Remarque and Sholokhov) produces the neat All Quiet on the Don.”

And quiet flow the links 2010

Gone is talk of quickly crafting an binding successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol, which effectively expires in 2012.

Corbin Hiar: Tianjin Climate Talks Recap: Little Progress on the Policies Corbin Hiar 2010

Gone is high-quality center Jake Grove, snatched by the Miami Dolphins.

Long past their glory days, Raiders seeking winning recipe 2009

(I kept on thinking of Scarlett O 'Hara in Gone with the Wind: With God as my witness, I will jump my horse over three feet again!).

Nancy F. Koehn: The Mental Game of Breast Cancer: Part Two Nancy F. Koehn 2010

Gone is 11-time Pro Bowler Derrick Brooks, who had been with Tampa since 1995.

NFC preview: Cowboys putting team squarely in Romo's hands 2009

Gone is talk of quickly crafting an binding successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol, which effectively expires in 2012.

Corbin Hiar: Tianjin Climate Talks Recap: Little Progress on the Policies Corbin Hiar 2010

The "B" side of this "45" "My City was Gone" is pretty good and pretty relevant for some of us too ....

Have a great weekend (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Gone is the eyestrain of staring in to a glowing screen for hours.

Why I’ll Probably Never Own an E Ink Device Again « Become A Robot 2009

Gone is the childish lisp and the quality of weirdness and withdrawal.

Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 3: Sally's Analysis Is Working and There Will Be Hell to Pay Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010

Gone is the sense of urgency as Coraline finds scratches on her window or sees a dark shape scuttling around the house.

Movie Review – Coraline « Become A Robot 2009