Does the Internet Make Us Stupid? The Debate Continues
Before the internet came around what did cultural critics have to complain about? I believe they spent their time kvetching …
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Notes on Recent Reading
Mondays always come around so fast it just isn’t right. I had no school this weekend and it was so …
Everyone Has Read These But Me, Or So It Seems
My Bookman and I went for a lovely bike ride today. During our ride he asked what I planned to …
Lazy Friday Linkage
Happy Friday! Was it just me or did this week crawl by? No doubt that means the weekend will fly. …
Better Living Through Chemistry – Not
I knew before I began reading that Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects …
TBR Challenge Update
How did we get to June already? Where has the year gone? Goodness, you blink and miss it. Recently Emily …
Philoctetes, Part 2
We left our story yesterday with Odysseus and Neoptolemos arriving on the island of Lemnos to try and convince Philoctetes …
Philoctetes, Part 1
Sophocles’ play Philoctetes was entered into the Dionysia competition of 409 BCE. It won first prize. Also entered in that …
The Ampersand Papers
I’m not a big mystery or crime novel reader even when it comes to the “golden age of detective fiction.” …
Recent Additions
I have shown massive restraint in the last month and half not buying new books or going on a library …
