Yesterday I wrote that the reason I didn’t take any Hem to Thailand with me was because it made me into a rank imitator. Perhaps I should have re-read some more before I left: You know what’s the trouble with you? You’re an expatriate. One of the worst type. Haven’t you heard that? Nobody that…
Month: July 2009
The expatriate's fate escaped
Yesterday I wrote that the reason I didn’t take any Hem to Thailand with me was because it made me into a rank imitator. Perhaps I should have re-read some more before I left: You know what’s the trouble with you? You’re an expatriate. One of the worst type. Haven’t you heard that? Nobody that…
Re-reading The Snows of Kilimanjaro
About six years ago I gave up reading Hemingway. I did this because every time I read more than a paragraph of him, my own writing became rank imitation for weeks afterwards. At that point I had read and re-read everything he wrote. Some of his short stories I can still virtually recite. I decided…
Tibetan Teen Getting Into Western Philosophy
Did I say I would try to limit the philosophy-geek humor around here? Well, I take it back. As a philosophy major who read way more Eastern razzmatazz than could possibly be good for you, I found the following particularly side-splitting. Tibetan Teen Getting Into Western Philosophy OCTOBER 20, 2004 | ISSUE 40•42 LHASA, TIBET—Deng Hsu,…
What it’s all about
Wheat harvest time in western Nebraska. Besides being an apt demonstration of Galatians 6:7, the scioness got her first ride in a combine.
What it's all about
Wheat harvest time in western Nebraska. Besides being an apt demonstration of Galatians 6:7, the scioness got her first ride in a combine.
On the seeker and the search
The Maverick Philosopher, aka Dr. William Vallicella, is a cranky old curmudgeon who lives out in Arizona and gets to be wise for a living. Nice work if you can get it. Dr. Vallicella handles the task with aplomb. If you don’t read his blog, you probably should. Feel free to skip the technical posts….
Harvard Press goes online; what’s next?
Look at this – Harvard University Press is going to publish 1,000 digitized books on Scribd. Scribd, you may recall, came under pressure for alleged copyright infringements a few months ago. Evidently this doesn’t bother the Harvard folks, who are suffering some fiscal pressures of their own. Upshot: anyone with google can now access books…
Harvard Press goes online; what's next?
Look at this – Harvard University Press is going to publish 1,000 digitized books on Scribd. Scribd, you may recall, came under pressure for alleged copyright infringements a few months ago. Evidently this doesn’t bother the Harvard folks, who are suffering some fiscal pressures of their own. Upshot: anyone with google can now access books…
Twittification update: twitter666
Following my post on the twittification of America, the estimable Brad Green kindly directed me to a “literary journal” composed entirely of tweets. There are lots. I read a few. Some are mildly amusing; lionelritchieCD: Wait! She touched me! Oh… she was reaching for Kenny Rogers. Fuck. some are mildly interesting; a_gravedigger: went to hardware…