Michelle Lawless

Michelle is currently in the first year of her third attempt at college- 3rd times the charm, right?  She enjoys writing, reading, roaming Middle earth, Great Big Sea, and looking up everything about anything. She recently found her great-grandmother in early microfilm ship records and won’t stop until she finds the rest of her family. A warning- as an Aspie, she hates long winded speeches and is chronically unable to defend points of argument.

Modern Monarchy:
The Fairytale Wedding

A look at what it means for us today to see Will & Kate’s big day.

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Tuesday
Feb082011

Film Review: the King's Speech

At first glance, one might not know what to make of the King’s Speech.

That’s because it starts off on an equally uncertain note- the awkward and painful of George the Sixth’s- then Duke of york- speech at the close of the Empire Exhibition. Intimidated by the number of people in the stadium and on the field before, His Royal Highness Prince Albert could not avoid the problem that had plagued him since his early childhood- a persistent and disabling stammer.

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