I Can’t Be Blamed
This is my last week of free time before school starts. One would think that since I picked up Clarissa …
Monthly Archives: June 2008
A Marathon Battle
The weekend wasn’t all plumbing problems. I did manage to read some Herodotus and what fun it was. I read …
Emerson Inerruptus
The regularly scheduled Emerson post was interrupted yesterday by a toilet. It all began last week with a little seeping …
The Power of Drama
In Herodotus he writes of the capture of the city of Miletos by the Persians. Miletos was a friend of …
I Made It Through the Rain…
I had big plans last night. Crawl into bed early and read, read, read. But the weather got in the …
Flaubert’s Parrot
Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes (there is also a short interview at this link). Excellent reading. Short, quick, enjoyable, yet …
A Meme!
I finished Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes last night, but before I get to that, I just got the grade …
Notes from the Weekend
It was a busy weekend but somehow leisurely too. Even my volunteer shift at the library Saturday morning was quiet, …
Emerson, Legos, the Joneses, and Everlasting Gobstoppers
So here we are in sort of an arbitrary part two of Emerson’s “Natural History of the Intellect” essay/lecture. Jumping …
Books and Cats
With so many new books arriving on my shelves it is so very hard to want to concentrate on the …
