Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- How to save the US (“The solution is obvious. The US needs to model itself on its most sanctified institution: the military.”)
- Reading to Have Read (“…the idea of Spritzing is the apotheosis of speed reading: reading in which completion is the only goal.”)
- Let Me Count the Days (“Far too few slots remain in my life for anywhere near the number of books I want to read. Now what am I supposed to do when I go into a bookstore?”)
Blog Headline of the Week
Bookish Linkage
- Reading literary fiction can make us less racist
- “Expertise” increases both reading speed and comprehension
- The culture wars over SF’s “true fans” continue
- Why dystopian novels speak to us
- Bookish Lists: eight rejuvenating books for the spring; winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards (I actually read one this year!); Best Translated Book Award longlist
Nonbookish Linkage
- Why silence is now a luxury
- The remains of an 800-year-old monk have been found after his legs were spotted sticking out of cliff
- A dozen of the most unusual mental delusions
- If we truly do forget things to prevent insanity, then I’m one of the sanest people around
One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster,
Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness
