I read part of this book a few months ago when it was apparently on Kindle Unlimited. Guess I should have finished it then, because I apparently turned it back in, subsequent events renewed my interest in it, and now I had to buy it. But it’s worth the purchase.
Boundaries (book discussion) Read Post »
I’m working on material for our Wednesday night study of the book of Judges. This isn’t going to make the cut, but it’s interesting: Adam Clarke on Judges 6 and the incident of Gideon asking for the signs of the golden fleece:
Obscure Sayin’ – Adam Clarke on the Book of Judges Read Post »
I just recently moved, and the best thing about it, besides picking up 500 more square feet and a garage, is that I FOUND ABOUT 15 MISSING CDs! When I did the “load all the CDs into my iPod maneuver” earlier this year, I’d had the nagging feeling I was missing some. In fact, I
No, really – loading ALL my CDs into the iPod classic Read Post »
Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon is over a thousand pages long. Here’s one of the best passages in a very good book, in my opinion. Randy, a computer savant and one of the main characters, is recalling when he had to have his wisdom teeth out (as a bonus, this entire passage, which actually runs a good
Best line in a book I’ve read lately Read Post »
I will be playing alto sax on a nice, sunny (i.e. incredibly hot) stage at the park later, and there will be BBQ, a movie, etc., so don’t think me a total workaholic. But right now I’m at the office “making license plates,” as I’ve come to call mundane work that can’t be sloughed off
One thing that may have helped is I have started getting out more. We can load up the wheelchair and get in the car and go exciting places. Like to pizza buffets with the kids. Or work. Either way, it’s broken the spell a bit, and whereas this morning I was watching The Price is
Breaking the TV habit Read Post »
I just finished a novel. More like, a novella. I participated in Nanowrimo. No, you can’t read it. And, yeah, another critical update for WP… argh.
I’m reading Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It’s about Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet. Those he reached out to in hopes of saving the country, some of whom also happened to be his opponents in the 1860 presidential campaign. Abraham Lincoln was an astute politician, but he probably wouldn’t get elected today. He dealt
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/books/07cnd-lengle.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all Her book A Wrinkle in Time was one of the first books I remember reading. I remember identifying with Meg, and feeling that Camazotz, the place where everyone and everything was exactly alike, had some resonance with the people and places I was growing up with. It did not, and does not, compare with
Madeleine L’Engle 1918-2007 Read Post »