Enakshi Samarawickrama
623 of the Best Books ever Written - StumbleUpon. What Kind Of Listener Are You? Bookish Gifts for the Last-Minute Shopper. Ok, I’m not going to say the phrase “Christmas failure,” but you’ve left it to the last minute again, haven’t you?
Merry freaking December 23rd. You need presents and you’d like them not to scream, “I totally stopped at the 7-11 on the way here so enjoy your antifreeze and lottery tickets, Grandma.” I can’t help you out with all your relatives, but here are some great (and readily acquirable) gifts for the reader on your list. And I can even make it look like you put a lot of thought into it. The Student: Is there an English major on your list — or maybe just a reader who loves to mark up and dogear the pages? The Devotee: For the friend who lives and breathes his book collection, feed the addiction with a gift card to your local indie bookstore, and make it personal with Moleskine’s fabulous Book Journal (available at bookstores that carry the Moleskine name) and a nice tote bag for retrieving all those purchases you’ve just enabled.
Harvard Book Store. The Best Coffee Mugs for Book Lovers. To celebrate Book Riot’s second birthday on Monday, we’re running some of our favorite posts from our first two years. ____________________________ Wake up, fuel up, and READ ALL THE BOOKS after you’ve caffeinated with these awesome mugs for book lovers.
More to recommend? Drop a link to your favorites in the comments. Harvard Bookstore’s “Caution: Hot. Reading is my super power. Great advice from Dear Sugar at The Rumpus: write like a motherfucker. Write drunk, edit sober. Thou art a “beetled-headed, flap-ear’d knave,” at least before the first cup. Everything tastes better in a banned books mug. Great vocabulary didn’t save the Thesaurus from extinction. Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery. Diversity Visa Lottery Program. Registration for 2015 Diversity Visa (“Green Card Lottery”) Program The Diversity Visa Program is an annual program that allows people who were born in certain countries, including Sri Lanka and Maldives, to apply for a chance to migrate to the United States legally.
The online application is free. The only way to register for the lottery is to go to Please check this website or the Embassy's Facebook page for updates. Online registration for the Diversity Visa Lottery for 2015 will open on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 9:30PM, local Sri Lankan time and conclude on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 9:30PM, local Sri Lankan time. See the Diversity Visa Program Instructions webpage for the DV 2015 instructions. Translations of the instructions: Sinhala (pdf, 366 kb)Tamil (pdf, 288 kb) Please note that the DV Lottery presentations have been postponed until further notice. Diversity Visa Program Notification A computer will randomly select individuals from among all qualified entries. DV 2014 Program: