Emerson’s Rules for Writing
Emerson’s lecture “Art and Criticism” is an amusing piece, though I suspect it was a serious educational lecture for the …
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Friday Reading Notes
I decided to start the Labor Day holiday weekend early by taking the day off from work. My Bookman generally …
Libraries Are Great!
When the economy gets bad, people head to the library. So says a press release on the ALA’s 2008 State …
Guards! Guards!
I’ve been having a nice slow meander through Terry Pratchett’s Guard! Guards! during my lunch break over the summer. Last …
Let ‘er RIP!
I knew it was almost time for Carl’s RIP Challenge and now it is here! First I must apologize as …
Emerson on Milton
Emerson’s essay on Milton pretty much goes along a lot like his essay on Michelangelo. Milton is a genius. Milton …
Book Winner and Book Shopping
First things first. The winner of the drawing for Sharp Teeth. I tried to get Dickens to pick a name …
The Art of Happiness at Work
I finished reading The Art of Happiness at Work by His High Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler …
Not Done Yet
Been busy working on an class assignment for this week (not the final project, that’s just about done). This weekly …
New Books and a Giveaway
I’m sure glad class is almost done for the summer quarter, I’ve got so much to read and so little …
