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I am trying to be busier and productive now that I’m a little rested from last week. I am trying to prioritize, and trying not to feel guilty about “owing” various folks here something or other. I’ve...
View ArticleSchlock! vs. The Atom and Eve
This evening I finished watching a movie I started last night, Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001). Pretty interesting history of exploitation films and larger changes in American...
View ArticleIs the replication of information a form of activism, and can it even be so?
I am assuming that most of you are aware of the current flap over the posting, printing, displaying, and reproduction of the 16-byte hexadecimal number that is one of the cryptographic keys that—with...
View ArticleSome things read this week, 24 – 30 June 2007
Saturday – Sunday, 23-24 June Corry, Richard. “Causal Realism and the Laws of Nature.” Philosophy of Science 73 (3), July 2006: 261-276. Sunday, 24 June Smiraglia, Richard P. and Gregory H. Leazer....
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Some things read this week, 28 October – 3 November 2007
Sunday, 28 Oct Davis, Hayley, and Talbot J. Taylor, eds. Redefining Linguistics. London: Routledge, 1990. Ch. 4: Talbot J. Taylor. Normativity and Linguistic Form. (Sat-Sun) Ch.5: Paul Hopper. The...
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Some things seen around the Internet lately
Drinking with the Troops From a local blog, Urbanagora, comes “Drinks with a Soldier.” I just love how some jackass commentor tries to hide behind the shield of anonymity and call the post author a...
View ArticleTodorov, In Defence of the Enlightenment
In defence of the EnlightenmentTzvetan Todorov ; translated from the French by Gila Walker.; Atlantic Books 2009WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder I almost bought this book when it came out...
View ArticleTwo-Thirds Book Challenge Update 6
This is update 6 in the Two-Thirds Book Challenge. Helen Helen has been quite busy this month … catching up on blogging things that she has read over the last few months. Trinity by Leon Uris She gave...
View ArticleToday, meh
Today hasn’t been that awesome of a day. My stomach had a big knot in it when I went to bed last night, which I thought perhaps came from having the chocolate gelato for dessert after having had a...
View ArticleDeschutes Brewery University: Barrel-Aged Beer event
On 6 Nov. we attended the Deschutes Brewery University: Barrel-Aged Beer event with 6 of ours friends. We got there a little early and Sara was able to grab a table so all 8 of us could sit together....
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de Botton – How to Think More About Sex
How Think More About SexAlain de Botton; Picador 2013WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder I read de Botton’s How to Think More About Sex on 1-2 November 2014. It was not quite what I...
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Bagge – Woman Rebel
Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story, First hardcover ed. by Peter Bagge Date read:01-02 March 2015 My rating: 3 of 5 stars Hardback, 72+ pages Published 2013 by Drawn + Quarterly Source: Deschutes...
View ArticleBooks read in 2015
It looks like I read 171 titles in 2015 with another 7 re-read which were previously read in other years and 2 re-read which were also first read in 2015. There were, of course, titles skimmed, put on...
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Immonen & Immonen – Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures by Kathryn Immonen & Stuart Immonen Date read: 10 April 2016 My rating: 3 of 5 stars Challenges: 2016gnc Paperback, 136 pages Published 2010 by Top Shelf Productions Source: Central...
View Article2017 Books To Read Challenge (personal)
This reading challenge–the “Books To Read Challenge (personal)”–is my own attempt to whittle down the to-be-read pile and I have it done it for a couple of years now. In fact, some of these books have...
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Lewis, et al. – March, Book One to Three
March, Book One to Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (art) Date read: One 12 January 2017; Two and Three 13 January 2017 My rating: 5 of 5 stars Challenges: 2017gnc, 2017look, 2017nfc...
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Sowa – Marzi
Marzi: a memoir by Marzena Sowa, with art by Sylvain Savoia; translated by Anjali Singh Date read: 23 February – 12 March 2017 My rating: 5 of 5 stars Challenges: 2017gnc, 2017nfc, 2017trans Oversize...
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