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43things.com What do you want to do with your life? Users of this popular site know the best way to achieve your goals is to make a list. OK, maybe it doesn’t always work, but it’s fun to post your goals – as many as 43 of them – and let people track them and give you feedback. Recent goals posted: Read the entire Bible; watch every episode of “Lost”; lose 10 pounds; get drunk for the first time. (Bonus points for doing them all at once.)
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The Modern Library’s 100 best novels of the 20th century The list stirred controversy and literary discussions when it was released nearly a decade ago. Maybe you saw the list, even resolved to read every last novel – even Joyce’s “Ulysses.” Chances are, you never finished. The list is online (Google “modern library 100”), so why not check one out from your local library and give it another shot. And to help keep you on track, of course, go to 43things.com and make this your first (and not so modest) goal.
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“The Undiscovered Explorer: Imagining York” Colorado Public Radio (1340 AM, or online at cpr.org) wraps up its Black History Month series Monday at 9 p.m. with an hour-long audio documentary on the myths surrounding a slave named York, the only African-American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Oregon Public Radio produced this look at the different ways York has been portrayed as American attitudes have changed. More information at opb.org/programs/york.
