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Bulletin Board

Col. Andrea Thompson, a Harrisburg native, is now senior intelligence officer to Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and is blogging about her experience. (HT Joel.)

Interweb Stuff I Liked This Week

Why Gen-Y Johnny Can’t Read Nonverbal Cues (Via.)

Bookish Linkage

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Beatles bridge the years

Today my wife and I officially become “empty nesters.” And one of the things that comes to mind as my youngest flies off this morning to UMass is The Beatles. That may strike some as a bit odd but, truly, it isn’t.

My youngest daughter is the biggest Beatles fan I know. She got hooked […]

Book Review: The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

Writing an adroit novel is a challenge any time, but especially if you’re going to throw in ninjas and mime troupes. Setting the story in a post-Apocalyptic world also requires more than a bit of imagination. Throwing in a twist readers don’t see coming but find entirely acceptable is a Chinese puzzle in and of […]

Midweek Music Moment: Hank Wilson’s Back, Leon Russell

Last week, I mentioned that following Led Zeppelin’s 1973 album, my musical interests were changing. I wrote that wholly unaware of the subject of this week’s Midweek Music Moment. By chance, it reveals just how much those interests changed over the course of a couple years.

On August 31, 1973, Leon Russell released Hank Wilson’s […]

September Bibliolust

Blame it on fall and the library. First, not only do the leaves and temperatures change, we start getting the fall releases of books. That is fueling much of this month’s book lust. Then there’s the prime aider and abettor (for which I am highly grateful) — the library. As you’ll see, it is helping […]