Thanks to The Little Professor‘s post At the dawn of time…(I can’t find the link now, although the blog is still active), I went back to check out my first order in 1998 at Amazon. Has it been that long since I read these? Over thirteen years ago I received in the mail Paris in […]
Tag: Footnotes
The Long Now Blog posted the above CG rendering of a concept for the Stockholm Library. Maybe not practical (yet), but starkly beautiful. Follow their links on the design team and how the design was generated.
Virginia Stephen (Woolf) in disguise on the far left, William Horace de Vere Cole in tophat on the far rightSomething a little lighter for today… On February 7, 1910, the HMS Dreadnought hosted a hastily arranged tour of four Abyssinian princes, or so they had been told. It turns out to have been an elaborate […]
While I haven’t spent much time at C-SPAN’s video library, they (thankfully) have more than political events available for viewing. Here is the link to a talk by historian William Goetzmann: Mr. Goetzmann talked about the book My Confession: Reflections of a Rogue, written by Samuel Chamberlain. He focused on the life of Chamberlain, an […]
I have enjoyed owning works from The Library of America for at least 25 years now, and I’m happy to see they are posting a Story of the Week at their website. Mark Twain’s two-part newspaper article, later released as an essay, on Queen Victoria’s Jubilee appears as this week’s story. Here is the introduction […]
I stumbled across a new blog this morning and wanted to pass on a post there. Soap Opera Digest: A Candy Box of History’s Sappiest Literary Lovers is just in time for Valentine’s Day. See if you can guess the following happy couple: They fecklessly squandered every penny they got their hands on. He had […]
Apparently my e-mail notification for comments is not working properly, so I wanted to say ‘thanks’ for the comments that have been made on posts that are no longer on the front page. I’ve added notes or links to reflect the additional resources or reviews provided. Thanks so much!
I have mentioned that my parents saved most of the books I had while growing up. A couple of this week’s favorites with the boys revolve around Lyle the Crocodile. My favorite part is in Lyle and the Birthday Party, where I read Lyle’s doctor with a German accent (think of “Hogan’s Heroes” with a […]
The Two Gentlemen of Lebowski site has been up and down due to traffic, so I’ll also link here so you can get a taste of a Shakespearean version of The Big Lebowski. WALTERThat rug, in faith, tied the room together, did it not? THE KNAVEBy my heart, a goodly rug. DONALDAnd in most miserable […]
My reading plan constantly changes, so I thought I would outline where I think I will be heading the next few months so you can set your interest-ometer accordingly. I hope to hit several of the ancient Greek works by Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon over the course of the year. Plays from the ancient Greeks […]
I get the feeling that store sells more than just books. Reading has been at a standstill the past few weeks, but hopefully time will free up soon.
No, not the setting of the book, although that is important, too… I am sure other readers, when a book is mentioned, think back to where they were or their personal circumstances when first encountering that work. I was able to go hiking and exploring this past weekend thanks to my wonderful wife. Images similar […]
Officially declaring myself overwhelmed, I’m changing plans for August and will read some ebooks I’ve been wanting to tackle. I’ve downloaded three that should help me get through everything. The first two aren’t too long so I should have something up on them soon. I’m impressed with the quality of output from the self-publishing firms […]
Between work (the joys of a start-up), home (fortunately everyone survived a camping weekend in one piece–each), and now having to completely reinstall everything on my computer I’m way behind on everything. My apologies for the lack of posts. Hopefully I’ll be back to a normal schedule soon…
and we won’t go into how soon it will be to see if she still needs / feeds / etc. me. A picture from a day I couldn’t stop smiling…
I had a long post on this, but I’ll shorten my comments on this viral video…brilliant on so many levels. One of my favorite songs, ever. And a book and movie that I couldn’t stand. Which is why laughing at it probably makes me enjoy it that much more. (Warning–simulated violence and sex.) I posted […]
I’ve been enjoying a week off from work and staying offline as much as possible. Here’s wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July.
We’re reading less Dr. Seuss and working our way through ‘first reader’ books with the oldest. But I did like this line from an interview with Dr. Philip Nel, professor of English at Kansas State University and director of the graduate program in children’s literature (who knew there was such a thing? and would Dr. […]
No, not the picture of me from August 1982 (which I ran across this morning when looking for other files). Someone placed a hold on The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel at the library and I can’t renew it. Who knew it was in high demand? Unfortunately I had checked it out several weeks before I […]
Totally off-topic to anything and everything, but… Last night I watched We Jam Econo, the documentary on the Minutemen. It was 25 years ago that I last saw them, and the Minutemen t-shirt I had from that date was one of my prize possessions for quite a while. The documentary is decent, although I would […]