Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- Was This Student Dangerous? (“…despite clear and repeated instructions, the undergrad was writing things that had nothing to do with class assignments — things that made the other students afraid.”)
Blog Headline of the Week
Arrests of the Week
- A San Diego “tagger” was arrested on felony charges for tagging the courtroom in which he was awaiting his hearing on misdemeanor tagging charges
- A 20-year-old woman was arrested for soliciting sex in a Massachusetts public library
Most Depressing Survey of the Week
- Only 17 percent of parents with children ages 5-11 say reading is a top summer priority
Bookish Linkage
- An extensive list of the books of Orange is the New Black, Season 1 and Season 2
- The use of books in administering oaths of office
- The fascination with “downright despicable” protagonists
- Bookish Lists: 30 times the novel has been declared dead; 7 great one-hit wonder novels; shortlists for 2014 PEN Literary Awards; best thrillers of all time; 8 types of historical fiction
Nonbookish Linkage
- Let me think, should I take the 455 mile detour or the 20 mile one??? (The stretch of interstate reopened yesterday)
- A guide to offensive trademarks
- The U.S. finished last in a new, international ranking of health care systems
- America’s addiction to memory porn
- We’re trying to destroy college education
- The truth about truthers
The man in the suit just bought a new car
With the profit he’s made off your dreams
Traffic, Title Track, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
