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Book Review: Thumbing Through Thoreau by Kenny Luck

Open any respectable book of quotations and there’s a 99.9 percent change you will see several from Henry David Thoreau. So, one might ask, is the world in need of a book consisting solely of selected quotes from Thoreau’s writing? Kenny Luck thought so, believing “we all could use a dose of Thoreau from time […]

Jackson Browne and David Lindley: Superb

In the few times I’ve seen Jackson Browne in concert, I think it’s always been after David Lindley was no longer part of his road band. I do have a vague recollection of having seen Lindley perform as a sideman, for lack of a better term, at least once before but the brain cells with […]

Weekend Edition: 8-7

Bulletin Board

David Wolff, author of Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman, which I reviewed earlier this year, will present “Seth Bullock-Law and Order in Deadwood” at the Main Siouxland Library this Tuesday at 7 pm. The program is free and open to the public.

Blog Headline of the Week

Are Conservatives Pussies?

Interesting Reading in […]

Friday Follies 2.26

Evidently the law enforcement training sessions at the FBI Academy do not include copyright law, such as public domain or fair use. Or, to quote Popehat, “I own one two hundred sixty millionth of this seal.”

Dead man gets ticket for parking too long in 2-hour zone. (The parking enforcement office “rapped on the […]

BBAW update

As I anticipated (and was fairly well confirmed when only one-third of the voters actually visited my blog), I didn’t make the longlists in the two categories I was in for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. I am pleased, though, that three of the five blogs I voted for in the Best Written category (after looking […]