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Ready to Collect Pyrex? References, Resources, and Fun Stuff — Pyrex Pleasures. There's no better time to start collecting Pyrex and vintage kitchenware than the present. After all, neither you nor the dishes are getting any younger! But where do you begin? Guides like Michael Barber's Pyrex Passion series offer boatloads of information, but even he concedes that the ever-increasing demanad for vintage Pyrex items makes the market more unpredictable than the NASDAQ. "People always want to know the resale value," says Barber, but even the published guides can't keep up with the constant shifts in the marketplace. The days of scoring a Lucky in Love casserole — the pattern that trumps all others in the rare Pyrex sweepstakes — at an out-of-the-way antique shop may be long gone, but reasonably priced items, from small lidded refrigerator dishes to cake pans to citrus-stamped glass pitchers, can still be found on Etsy and eBay if you're willing to comb through the listings.

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Creative-routines-edit3.png (3600×5400) 'The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas' by Gertrude Stein | All-TIME 100 Nonfiction Books. Writing her lover’s “autobiography” proved a witty way for American author Gertrude Stein to detail her own life as Parisian writer, salon host and arts patron. Ostensibly, readers can take in the book, published in 1933, as Stein writing about Alice B. Toklas (which is what the title suggests) or as Toklas “writing” about Stein (which is what the book actually is). Either way, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was groundbreaking in its experimentation with form: an autobiography written by another person. Next Black Boy. Articles. Fractals | Saipancakes.

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How stuff works. Skills. The Armchair Student: Learn Something New from Your Living Room. INFJ Profile. Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging by Joe Butt Profile: INFJ Revision: 3.1 Date of Revision: 8 Aug 2010 Beneath the quiet exterior, INFJs hold deep convictions about the weightier matters of life. Those who are activists -- INFJs gravitate toward such a role -- are there for the cause, not for personal glory or political power. INFJs are champions of the oppressed and downtrodden.

"There's something rotten in Denmark. " INFJs have a knack for fluency in language and facility in communication. Writing, counseling, public service and even politics are areas where INFJs frequently find their niche. Functional Analysis: Introverted iNtuition Introverted intuitives, INFJs enjoy a greater clarity of perception of inner, unconscious processes than all but their INTJ cousins. Extraverted Feeling Extraverted feeling, the auxiliary deciding function, expresses a range of emotion and opinions of, for and about people.

Introverted Thinking The INFJ's thinking is introverted, turned toward the subject.

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