Sorta Long but…
good and interesting. Slashdot interview with Neal Stephenson (via Beatrice). I particularly enjoyed the part about “Dante” (literary) writers and …
Monthly Archives: October 2004
It’s Probably Interesting but…
The New York Times reviews a biography of Alice Walker by Evelyn C. White called Alice Walker: A Life. Walker …
Back Home
I have returned from the sandy beaches of Sarasota, Florida and the software user’s group conference I attended there. The …
Customs
I have to keep reminding myself that Montaigne liked the ancients so much because it was the Renaissance and the …
Alphabets and Goddesses Again
Okay, so it’s hard to know where to begin. I have now read up through chapter 20 in The Alphabet …
Books!
Are you like me, haven’t read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, don’t want and can’t figure out what …
This and That
Oh! Oh! Oh! A list! For those who are inspired by dogs (via NewPages Weblog) I’ve read a few of …
Thanks Derrida
French literary theorist Jacques Derrida known for his theory of deconstruction died on Friday. I never happily read him, his …
Kenny Rogers and Michel de Montaigne Separated at Birth?
Constancy to Montaigne means something a little different than it does for us in every day parlance. For Montainge, in …
Fondling the Books
Ended up taking the night off last night for my fortnightly ballroom dance lesson and the presidential “debate.” I was …
