The Biblio-iciousness Continues
Just got back from the used bookstore where I picked up a copy of Growing and Beginning Again by Leornard …
Monthly Archives: December 2004
My List
Here we are at the last day of 2004, and since I doubt that I will finish reading a book …
Biblio-icious
My place of employment has been kind enough to give me the day off today and tomorrow. This long weekend …
Wee!
Nick Hornby’s book The Polysyllabic Spree is a hoot. He writes well but not deeply about the books he reads. …
Sturgeon
The strange person who left the strange comment to my Sturgeon post yesterday was my dearly beloved Bookman himself. He …
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag died today in Manhattan at the age of 71 from complications of acute myelogenous leukemia. As the wonderful …
What is Human?
I’m not quite sure how to describe to you More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon. It is a short book …
Montaigne: All Substance, No Style
Montaigne’s essay “Reflections Upon Cicero” proves that snarkiness was alive and well even in 1572. Even though Montaigne quotes Cicero …
The Scarlet Dollar Sign
I’m really late on this story but I haven’t seen it anywhere (that could be in part because I’m on …
Wonderful
Who doesn’t know at least pieces of the story of Alice in Wonderland? As a kid I saw Disney’s animated …
