Goodreads calls its 5★ rating “Amazing”. I don’t know if Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil fits that specific superlative, but I would agree that it is approximately one of the most perfectly constructed and tightly written narratives I have encountered. First, a note about the book: My feelings toward “creative non-fiction” are […]
Doug Rushkoff on DIY currencies at B² (tagged: currency money economy research ) NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer via DF: worth a link, for sure. worth a few minutes for a smile and a chuckle. (tagged: design visualization graphics humor math ) iPhone Wrestling Smackdown: WWE vs. TNA via The Apple Blog: tempting… if only […]
Nutella Frosted Cupcakes at Al Dente: oh man, these look dangerously good… (tagged: Nutella food todo ) Philip K. Dick Award Winners Announced: A Tie Between Castro and Walton at Omnivoracious (tagged: PKD literature scifi todo ) Daring Fireball: Complex at DF: Gall’s law raises hard questions. Where do you start? How small? How simple? […]
So sorry, I am not worthy of the honor of reviewing this novel. If however, my Lord insists it, then I shall endeavor to offer up some humble thoughts regarding its mighty, even epic narrative. Neh? The scope is so vast, the characters and settings are so many, the head is liable to spin at […]
For this past Secular Humanist December Holiday, my lovely wife got me a subscription to The New Yorker. It has been quite a delight. A fun, erudite little magazine 1 that is as substantive as it is ephemeral, as sexy as it is straight-laced, as secular as it is… Jewish. At any rate: we’re enjoying it 2 […]
Just After Sunset is a strong collection for Stephen King; a little of what I expect (i.e., schlocky horrorshow) and then some rather sophisticated surprises. This anthology is a bit more literary, a bit more high-brow than what I expect from King – and the “keepers” in here are real keepers. There is some […]
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For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. ¶ The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth. ¶ We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. ¶ We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its costs. ¶ We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. ¶ All this we can do. All this we will do.
During my recent re-read of Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, it occurred to me that one of its thematic elements takes the classic rich vs. poor conflict and intimates that it has transmuted into a conflict between a hyper-literate elite vs. an illiterate and/or aliterate Ünterleute. This is by no means a startling or even new […]
Taking a cue from Mike: 2008 Powered by Goodreads.com …minus a few children’s books.