Sad
I opened my computer this morning to check my email to find that Molly Ivins died. I don’t know how …
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Commonplace Books
AC recently had a book giveaway and I am the lucky recipient of an advanced reading copy of Michael Dirda’s …
Horrible!
What a horrible book! That’s horrible as in causing horror, not as in the glib way we use it to …
New Wheels
Just home from picking up my new wheels: Even the dog and the cat were interested. Being a recreational cyclist, …
“The Mark on the Wall”
My short story of the week(end) on Sunday was Virginia Woolf’s “The Mark on the Wall.” Now that I have …
Ambushed by Stein, Wells, and Proust
Thankfully my Monday didn’t get any worse than the stolen bike. I even ventured to look at the website of …
What is it About Mondays?
I must be paying some kind of karmic debt or something because the last few Mondays have been really crappy. …
There are poets and then there are Poets
Poor Emerson, pining away in his essay, The Poet, for someone who can write the poem which is America. Walt …
TGIF
What a week this has been! I had a bit of trouble with a major agency-wide software upgrade. When you …
Preparing for Moreau
The Slaves of Golconda discussion for The Island of Dr. Moreau is set for August 30th. If you want to …
