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- May 2012 (9)
- April 2012 (11)
- 30: Book Review: The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr by H.W. Brands
- 28: Weekend Edition: 4-28
- 25: Mein Kampf returning to Germany
- 21: Weekend Edition: 4-21
- 17: Book Review: Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
- 14: Weekend Edition: 4-14
- 07: Weekend Edition: 4-7
- 05: Survey confirms my abnormalities
- 04: Grade reading level doesn’t equal one’s literacy level
- 02: Book Review: The Land of Later On by Anthony Weller
- 01: April Bibliolust
- March 2012 (12)
- 31: Weekend Edition: 3-31
- 29: The addiction grows, electronically
- 28: What media outlets influence the Northern Plains?
- 26: Book Review: The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet
- 24: Weekend Edition: 3-24
- 17: Weekend Edition: 3-17
- 15: Local newspaper censorship of Doonesbury is hypocritical
- 14: Lovin’ it
- 10: Weekend Edition: 3-10
- 05: Book Review: Brother’s Blood: A Heartland Cain and Abel by Scott Cawelti
- 03: Weekend Edition: 3-3
- 01: March Bibliolust
- February 2012 (9)
- 28: Book Review: A Hidden Madness by James T.R. Jones
- 25: Weekend Edition: 2-25
- 21: Book Review: The Commandant by Rudolf Hoess, edited by Jürg Amann
- 18: Weekend Edition 2-18
- 13: Book Review: The Evening Hour by Carter Sickels
- 11: Weekend Edition: 2-11
- 09: A glimpse of the ‘literary’ perspective
- 04: Weekend Edition 2-4
- 01: February Bibliolust
- January 2012 (17)
- 31: U.S. falling behind — in press freedom
- 30: Book Review: The Druggist of Auschwitz by Dieter Schlesak
- 29: An updated snapshot of the book-buying public
- 28: Weekend Edition: 1-28
- 23: Ebook demand booms locally
- 22: Pretty much 0-fer again
- 21: Weekend Edition: 1-21
- 19: After 35 years, still one of the best
- 19: Fighting the urge
- 14: Weekend Edition: 1-14
- 12: Reading Impressions: Two biographies
- 09: My nonresolutions
- 07: Weekend Edition: 1-7
- 06: Friday Follies 3.21
- 03: January Bibliolust
- 02: 2011 in books — By the numbers
- 01: 2011 in books — My favorites
- December 2011 (13)
- 31: Weekend Edition: 12-31
- 30: So, how many pages are in a book?
- 25: A heathen’s Christmas greeting — 2011
- 24: Weekend Edition: 12-24
- 23: Friday Follies 3.20
- 19: Book Review: A Peace of My Mind by John Noltner
- 17: Weekend Edition 12-17
- 15: Books as gifts — in April
- 10: Weekend Edition: 12-10
- 05: Book Review: My Friend Jesus Christ by Lars Husum
- 03: Weekend Edition: 12-3
- 02: Friday Follies 3.19 (Headline Edition)
- 01: December Bibliolust
- November 2011 (10)
- 30: Midweek Music Moment: The Trinity
- 26: Weekend Edition: 11-26
- 21: Book Review: Running Away to Home by Jennifer Wilson
- 19: Weekend Edition: 11-19
- 14: Book Review: Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder
- 12: Weekend Edition: 11-12
- 07: Book Review: Dakota, Or What’s a Heaven For by Brenda K. Marshall
- 05: Weekend Edition: 11-5
- 04: Book Review: And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life by Charles J. Shields
- 01: November Bibliolust
- October 2011 (12)
- 31: Book Review: Johnny Moon by Mike Palecek
- 29: Eye opening technology
- 29: Weekend Edition: 10-29
- 28: Book Review: A History of the World Since 9/11 by Dominic Streatfeild
- 22: Weekend Edition: 10-22
- 20: Newton’s first law sets in
- 15: Weekend Edition: 10-15
- 08: Weekend Edition: 10-8
- 03: Book Review: Cain by José Saramago
- 02: October Bibliolust
- 01: Weekend Edition: 10-1
- 01: Banned Books Week: Wrapup, of sorts
- September 2011 (22)
- 30: Banned Books Week: It can happen here
- 29: Banned Books Week: Who should decide for whom?
- 28: Banned Books Week: Who is challenging books and why
- 27: Banned Books Week: Classical challenges
- 26: Banned Books Week: Books challenged this year – Part II
- 25: Banned Books Week: Books challenged this year – Part I
- 24: Banned Books Week: Top 10 challenged books of 2010
- 24: Weekend Edition: 9-24
- 23: Friday Follies 3.18
- 22: Friends don’t let friends’ books commit suicide
- 17: Weekend Edition: 9-17
- 16: Friday Follies 3.17
- 16: Book Review: Death in the City of Light by David King
- 13: Book Review: Train to Nowhere by Colleen Bradford Krantz
- 11: Book Review: What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
- 10: Weekend Edition: 9-10
- 08: Book Review: The Knowledge of Good and Evil by Glenn Kleier
- 06: Book Review: The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
- 03: Weekend Edition: 9-3
- 02: Friday Follies 3.16
- 02: eBook Review: Discontents by James Wallace Birch
- 01: September Biblioloust
- August 2011 (15)
- 29: Reading the 50 most influential books – or not
- 27: Weekend Edition: 8-27
- 26: Friday Follies 3.15
- 24: Book Review: Six: A Football Coach’s Journey to a National Record by Marc A. Rasmussen
- 22: Book Review: Wisdom of Progressive Voices, edited by Joanne Boyer
- 20: Weekend Edition: 8-20
- 19: Book Review: Principle Over Party by R. Alton Lee
- 17: Book Review: Turbulence by Giles Foden
- 13: Weekend Edition: 8-13
- 12: Book Review: God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette
- 09: Book Review: The Missing of the Somme by Geoff Dyer
- 08: Book Review: The Long Night: William L. Shirer and the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Steve Wick
- 06: Weekend Edition: 8-6
- 02: August Bibliolust
- 01: Tech and different TBR conspire
- July 2011 (15)
- 30: Weekend Edition: 7-30
- 28: Where should (a) justice reside?
- 28: South Dakota authors: “No one of note”
- 23: Weekend Edition: 7-23
- 19: Out, damned typo
- 16: Weekend Edition: 7-16
- 15: Friday Follies 3.14
- 14: The need for libraries in a connected world
- 09: Weekend Edition: 7-9
- 07: Book Review: Sex on the Moon by Ben Mezrich
- 06: Microreview: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey
- 05: Bye, bye Book Depository?
- 04: July Bibliolust
- 02: Weekend Edition: 7-2
- 01: Friday Follies 3.13
- June 2011 (13)
- 27: Visiting a few longtime bookshelf denizens
- 25: Weekend Edition: 6-26
- 22: Book Review: Ephemera by Jeffery M. Anderson
- 18: Weekend Edition: 6-18
- 17: Friday Follies 3.12
- 15: Not a e-book worm
- 13: Book Review: Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell
- 11: Weekend Edition: 6-11
- 09: About that TBR pile
- 07: How I spent my summer vacation
- 06: Book Review: After Midnight by Irmgard Keun
- 04: Weekend Edition: 6-4
- 02: June Bibliolust
- May 2011 (12)
- 30: Book Review: Let There Be Pebble by Zachary Michael Jack
- 28: Weekend Edition: 5-28
- 23: 30 years of being the luckiest
- 21: Weekend Edition: 5-21
- 19: What did we put in their food?
- 14: Weekend Edition: 5-14
- 13: Friday Follies 3.11
- 11: Explaining why I’m an illiterati
- 09: Book Review: Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi
- 07: Weekend Edition: 5-7
- 03: Library board is opportunity to give back
- 02: May Bibliolust
- April 2011 (16)
- 30: Weekend Edition: 4-30
- 29: Friday Follies 3.10
- 27: Book Review: The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz by Jules Verne
- 26: Another era passes, proving again how old I am
- 23: Weekend Edition: 4-23
- 22: Friday Follies 3.9
- 18: Book Review: Enigmatic Pilot by Kris Saknussemm
- 16: Weekend Edition: 4-16
- 14: A library story about an old, influential friend
- 12: Poor little Tango returns to top spot
- 09: Weekend Edition: 4-9
- 05: Book Review: First Contact by Marc Kaufman
- 04: Book Review: Beneath Blossom Rain by Kevin Grange
- 02: Weekend Edition: 4-2
- 01: Friday Follies 3.8
- 01: April Bibliolust
- March 2011 (11)
- 26: Weekend Edition: 3-26
- 22: Book Review: The Paperbark Shoe by Goldie Goldbloom
- 18: Friday Follies 3.7
- 18: Weekend Edition: 3-19
- 15: Augie’s 150 Books to Read in Your Lifetime
- 11: Weekend Edition 3-12
- 07: A reader’s-eye view of gender in publishing decisions
- 05: Weekend Edition: 3-5
- 02: Yes, people, the Constitution protects wackos too
- 02: Look out for reviewers who dislike owls
- 01: March Bibliolust
- February 2011 (10)
- 26: Weekend Edition: 2-26
- 24: Lacking inspiration — or creativity
- 19: Weekend Edition: 2-19
- 12: Weekend Edition: 2-12
- 11: Friday Follies 3.6
- 08: Book Review: The Gospel of Anarchy by Justin Taylor
- 05: Weekend Edition: 2-5
- 04: Friday Follies 3.5
- 03: Book Review: My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top by Jon Glaser
- 01: February Bibliolust
- January 2011 (18)
- 29: Weekend Edition: 1-29
- 28: Friday Follies 3.4
- 28: A lifelong symbol disappears
- 27: Not barking there
- 24: Going without a bookstore
- 24: Short of the finalist lists again
- 22: Weekend Edition: 1-22
- 21: Friday Follies 3.3
- 17: Book Review: How Music Works by John Powell
- 15: Weekend Edition: 1-15
- 14: Friday Follies 3.2
- 08: Weekend Edition: 1-8
- 07: Friday Follies 3.1
- 05: So much for less is more
- 04: Running amok around that word
- 03: 2010 in books — by the numbers
- 02: January Bibliolust
- 01: Weekend Edition: 1-1-11
- December 2010 (17)
- 31: Friday Follies 2.40
- 31: My Best in Books 2010
- 28: Looking ahead to a new reading year
- 27: 2010: The year of the nook (sort of)
- 25: Weekend Edition: Xmas 2010
- 24: A heathen’s Christmas greeting — 2010
- 24: Friday Follies 2.39
- 20: Book Review: The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas
- 18: Weekend Edition: 12-18
- 17: Friday Follies 2.38
- 12: The imperfect storm
- 11: Weekend Edition: 12-11
- 09: Good on science — geography, not so much
- 06: Indubitably and perhaps irremediably old
- 04: Weekend Edition: 12-4
- 03: Reading, reviewing and relaxing
- 01: December Bibliolust
- November 2010 (15)
- 29: Book Review: A Kidnapping in Milan by Steve Hendricks
- 22: RIP Hugh Prather
- 22: Book Review: Death as a Side Effect by Ana María Shua
- 20: Weekend Edition: 11-20
- 19: Friday Follies: 2.37
- 18: Library dealing with reinvention curve
- 16: Book Review: The Ice Road by Stefan Waydenfeld
- 13: Weekend Edition: 11-13
- 12: Book Review: The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville
- 08: Book Review: Sunset Park by Paul Auster
- 06: Weekend Edition: 11-6
- 05: Friday Follies 2.36
- 05: Brief reflections on Life (Keith Richards’, not mine)
- 01: November Bibliolust
- 01: Book Review: Sitting Bull, Prisoner of War by Dennis C. Pope
- October 2010 (16)
- 30: Weekend Edition: 10-30
- 29: Friday Follies 2.35
- 29: Translated lit good, Amazon evil?
- 26: Books, hockey and more
- 23: Weekend Edition: 10-23
- 22: Friday Follies 2.34
- 18: Book Review: The Road by Vasily Grossman
- 16: Weekend Edition: 10-16
- 15: Friday Follies 2.33
- 09: Weekend Edition: 10-9
- 06: Book Review: The Anti-American Manifesto by Ted Rall
- 04: Book Review: Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut
- 02: Weekend Edition: 10-2
- 02: Banned Books Week in review
- 01: October Bibliolust
- 01: Banned Books Week: Reviewing a local challenge
- September 2010 (26)
- 30: Banned Books Week: 21st Century book challenges
- 29: Banned Books Week: Giving a reason doesn’t require reason
- 29: Dylan treats fans equally, even those named Obama
- 28: Banned Books Week: But you can go to the movie
- 28: Reflections on the Festival of Books
- 27: Banned Books Week: Should some books be banned?
- 27: Music Review: Santana, Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
- 25: Weekend Edition 9-25
- 24: Friday Follies 2.32
- 24: Cultural convergence
- 20: Book Review: Starting from Scratch by Susan Gilbert-Collins
- 18: Weekend Edition: 9-18
- 17: Friday Follies 2.31
- 15: Midweek Music Moment: Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, Meat Loaf
- 14: My life as a book title – 2010
- 14: Book Review: Treason on the Airwaves by Judith Keene
- 13: Discover new book blogs
- 11: Weekend Edition: 9-11
- 10: Favorite Film Friday: My Cousin Vinny
- 09: Another blog birthday
- 08: What a wonderful statistic
- 07: Book Review: Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo
- 04: Weekend Edition: 9-4
- 03: Friday Follies 2.30
- 02: Percolating and hunkering
- 01: September Bibliolust
- August 2010 (17)
- 28: Weekend Edition: 8-28
- 27: Friday Follies 2.29
- 25: Summer doldrums
- 23: Book Review: This Day in Music by Neil Cossar
- 21: Weekend Edition: 8-21
- 20: Friday Follies 2.28
- 18: Empty nesting again
- 16: Book Review: Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
- 14: Weekend Edition: 8-14
- 13: Friday Follies 2.27
- 09: Book Review: Thumbing Through Thoreau by Kenny Luck
- 08: Jackson Browne and David Lindley: Superb
- 07: Weekend Edition: 8-7
- 06: Friday Follies 2.26
- 03: BBAW update
- 02: Book Review: Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
- 01: August Bibliolust
- July 2010 (24)
- 31: Weekend Edition: 7-31
- 30: Friday Follies 2.25
- 28: Book Review: The Scouting Party by David C. Scott and Brendan Murphy
- 26: First impressions of BBAW
- 24: Weekend Edition: 7-24
- 23: Friday Follies 2.24
- 23: Library budget proposal troubling
- 23: Book Review: Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban by Jere Van Dyk
- 19: Book Review: Brief Lives: Leo Tolstoy by Anthony Briggs
- 17: Weekend Edition: 7-17
- 16: Friday Follies 2.23
- 15: Microreview: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
- 14: Midweek Music Moment: Songs From an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning to Smile, Everclear
- 12: Book Review: Unbound by Dean King
- 10: Weekend Edition: 7-10
- 09: Friday Follies 2.22
- 07: Just what I needed to hear — e-readers slower than paper
- 05: Mid-year reading report card
- 04: Lighting my BBAW sparkler
- 03: Weekend Edition: 7-3
- 02: Friday Follies 2.21
- 02: July Bibliolust
- 01: Booking Through Thursday: Disappointment
- 01: Book Review: The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
- June 2010 (25)
- 30: Sipping the e-reader Kool-aid
- 28: Should there be a fee to borrow library books?
- 26: Weekend Edition: 6-26
- 25: Friday Follies 2.20
- 24: Booking Through Thursday: Reading the reviews
- 23: Midweek Music Moment: Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, Bill Evans Trio
- 22: How (not) to teach ethics and integrity
- 21: Maybe this justifies the cost of an e-reader
- 19: Weekend Edition: 6-19
- 18: Friday Follies 2.19
- 18: Conspiracy-debunking… or conspiracy?
- 17: Afghanistan books email gives a Priceless feel
- 15: FTC to help “the reinvention of journalism”?
- 14: Microreview: The Passage by Justin Cronin
- 12: Weekend Edition: 6-12
- 11: Friday Follies 2.18
- 09: The puzzle of party politics
- 09: Midweek Music Moment: A White Sport Coat and A Pink Crustacean, Jimmy Buffett
- 07: Musing Mondays: Location, location, location
- 07: Book Review: Wolf Among Wolves by Hans Fallada
- 05: Weekend Edition: 6-5
- 04: Friday Follies 2.17
- 02: Scoring the seven deadly sins county by county
- 02: Microreview: War by Sebastian Junger
- 01: June Bibliolust
- May 2010 (21)
- 29: Weekend Edition: 5-29
- 28: Friday Follies 2.16
- 27: Booking Through Thursday: Bedside
- 27: Reading challenge flops on the horizon
- 25: Why our kids need books at home
- 23: 29 years — and still counting
- 22: Weekend Edition: 5-22
- 21: Friday Follies 2.15
- 20: Booking Through Thursday: Useful
- 16: Sunday brunch
- 12: Midweek Music Moment: American Woman, The Guess Who
- 11: Ongoing intermittency
- 08: Weekend Edition: 5-8
- 07: Friday Follies 2.13
- 07: Book Review: Looking for the Summer by Robert W. Norris
- 06: Booking Through Thursday: Halfway booking
- 05: In one brain cell and out the other
- 04: Forty years later it’s still shocking
- 03: FTC completes first “blog-ola” investigation
- 02: May Bibliolust
- 01: Weekend Edition: 5-1
- April 2010 (20)
- 30: Friday Follies 2.12
- 29: Booking Through Thursday: And God said
- 28: April: A cruel month for historians?
- 27: Is violence the legal equivalent of obscenity?
- 26: Musing Mondays: War
- 24: Weekend Edition: 4-24
- 23: Friday Follies 2.11
- 20: Book Review: Armenian Golgotha by Grigoris Balakian
- 17: Weekend Edition 4-17
- 16: Friday Follies 2.10
- 14: A decade’s worth of banned books
- 14: Midweek Music Moment: Vehicle, The Ides of March
- 12: Book Review: The Long Way Home by David Laskin
- 10: Weekend Edition 4-10
- 09: Friday Follies 2.9
- 08: At least I’m an ethical pirate
- 05: Book Review: Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane: Deadwood Legends by James D. McLaird
- 03: Weekend Edition: 4-3
- 02: Friday Follies 2.8
- 01: April Bibliolust
- March 2010 (24)
- 31: South Dakota loses, adds “hate group”
- 30: Book Review: Dark Heart of the Night by Léonora Miano
- 27: Weekend Edition 3-27
- 26: Friday Follies 2.7
- 26: The strain of abundant diversions
- 24: Book Review: Orange Sunshine by Nicholas Schou
- 22: South Dakota makes a Top 10 “fairness” list
- 20: Weekend Edition: 3-20
- 19: Friday Follies 2.6
- 19: Book Review: Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen
- 18: California attorney general candidate a S.D. assistant attorney general
- 18: Booking Through Thursday: Sensual
- 15: Newspapers aren’t reaching the front porch
- 15: Book Review: Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman by David A. Wolff
- 13: Weekend Edition: 3-13
- 12: Friday Follies 2.5
- 11: Microreview: The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker
- 06: Weekend Edition: 3-6
- 05: Favorite Film Friday: Reds
- 04: World Book Day: future readers and liars
- 04: Booking Through Thursday: Grammar
- 02: Book Review: God’s Brain by Lionel Tiger and Michael McGuire
- 01: March Bibliolust
- 01: Suffering from pothole perspective
- February 2010 (21)
- 27: Weekend Edition: 2-27
- 26: Favorite Film Friday: Midnight Cowboy
- 24: Midweek Music Moment: Hey Jude, Beatles
- 22: Musing Mondays: Keepers
- 22: Feeding and assessing a foreign literature addiction
- 20: Weekend Edition: 2-20
- 19: Friday Follies 2.4
- 16: The Vatican’s Desert Island Discs
- 16: Microreview: Brodeck by Philippe Claudel
- 15: Musing Mondays: For reference
- 13: Weekend Edition 2-13
- 12: Friday Follies 2.3
- 12: Book Review: Me, the Mob, and the Music by Tommy James
- 08: The problem with the “blogger bills”
- 06: Weekend Edition: 2-6
- 05: Friday Follies 2.2
- 04: Book Review: Get Out of the Way by Daniel Dinges
- 03: The problems with blog ad placement
- 03: Midweek Music Moment: I’m still a teenager
- 02: Retracting 11 years of bogus science
- 01: February Bibliolust
- January 2010 (23)
- 30: Weekend Edition: 1-30
- 29: Friday Follies 2.1
- 27: R.I.P. Howard Zinn, 1922-2010
- 26: Throwing the dictionary out of school
- 25: Exposing the myth of so-called activist judges
- 23: Weekend Edition: 1-23
- 22: Favorite Film Friday: American History X
- 21: Booking Through Thursday: An author you should read
- 21: Microreview: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
- 20: Let “little buddy” spy on your kids
- 18: Book Review: The Last Train from Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino
- 16: Weekend Edition: 1-16
- 15: Friday Follies 2.0
- 14: Welcome to the book review slums
- 14: Booking Through Thursday: To flap or not to flap
- 11: A Books of the Century reading challenge
- 09: Weekend Edition: 1-9
- 08: Favorite Film Friday: Network
- 07: Book Review: Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” by David Bianculli
- 04: Hockey holiday
- 02: Weekend Edition: 1-2
- 01: The year in books — by the numbers
- 01: January Bibliolust
- December 2009 (27)
- 31: Best of 2009 — Books
- 31: Another in the ‘I wish I’d said that’ category
- 30: Book Review: The Appointment by Herta Müller
- 29: Finalizing the challenge list
- 28: 2009 — The year of (recorded) live music
- 26: Weekend Edition: 12-26
- 24: A heathen’s Christmas greeting — 2009
- 23: Book Review: Sashenka by Simon Montefiore
- 22: Censorship irony almost painful
- 22: Ho ho ho! Let it friggin’ snow
- 19: Weekend Edition: 12-19
- 18: Friday Follies 1.25
- 17: Bookish challenges for next year
- 15: My best Christmas presents arrive today
- 14: Bloggers in federal shield law headed to Senate floor
- 12: Weekend Edition: 12-12
- 11: Friday Follies 1.24
- 10: Florida judges may have fewer lawyer “friends”
- 08: Is there a difference between reading and review reading?
- 07: Musing Mondays: Library Etiquette
- 07: Buying presents — for myself
- 05: Change of venue motion “incredibly asinine” and “professionally insulting”
- 05: Weekend Edition: 12-5
- 04: Friday Follies 1.23
- 02: What does Sprint do more than 20,000 times a day?
- 01: Shotgun incident shows life has changed
- 01: December Bibliolust
- November 2009 (26)
- 30: Musing Mondays: Holiday reading
- 28: Weekend Edition: 11-28
- 27: Friday Follies 1.22
- 25: Buy nothing, give something
- 24: Book Review: The Journey of Little Gandhi by Elias Khoury
- 21: Weekend Edition: 11-21
- 20: Friday Follies: 1.21
- 20: A visit from an old friend
- 19: Blog etiquette rant
- 19: Beating the rush on a National Book Award winner
- 18: Wish I’d said that
- 17: Book Review: The Country Where No One Ever Dies by Ornela Vorpsi
- 14: Weekend Edition: 11-14
- 13: Favorite Film Friday: Good Bye Lenin!
- 11: Banned books debate goes local
- 10: The power of politics
- 10: Book Review: But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer
- 09: Musing Mondays: Book communing
- 09: What happened to that peace dividend?
- 07: Weekend Edition: 11-7
- 06: Friday Follies 1.20 (headline edition)
- 06: Is gender germane in picking “best of” lists?
- 05: Buy Books for the Holidays
- 03: Book Review: Tomorrow! by Philip Wylie
- 02: Search warrants and web-based e-mail accounts
- 01: November Bibliolust
- October 2009 (31)
- 31: Bloggers back in Senate shield law proposal
- 31: Weekend Edition: 10-31
- 30: Friday Follies 1.19
- 30: Book Review: Nibble & Kuhn by David Schmahmann
- 29: Why we must fix our immigration system
- 28: Midweek Music Moment: Son of Schmilsson, Harry Nilsson
- 26: Book Review: Invisible by Paul Auster
- 24: Weekend Edition: 10-24
- 23: Friday Follies 1.18
- 22: Booking Through Thursday: One question
- 22: Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
- 21: Luring me to the dark side
- 21: Book price war: Thanksgiving skirmish or Armageddon?
- 20: Go. Look. Read. NOW
- 19: Book Review: In Search of My Homeland by Er Tai Gao
- 17: Weekend Edition: 10-17
- 16: Friday Follies 1.17
- 15: Booking Through Thursday: Weeding
- 15: Once again, I’m an illiterati
- 14: Book Review: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- 12: Book Review: Public Image: Stories and Poems by Thomas A. Hauck
- 10: Weekend Edition: 10-10
- 09: Friday Follies 1.16
- 08: Touching base Thursday
- 05: Book Review: The Secret History of Science Fiction edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
- 03: Weekend Edition: 10-3
- 03: Banned Books Week wrapup
- 02: Friday Follies 1.15
- 02: Banned Books Week: Recognizing it is far worse elsewhere
- 01: October Bibliolust
- 01: Banned Books Week: Handling book challenges in the schools
- September 2009 (31)
- 30: Amendment to shield law bill protects only MSM bloggers
- 30: Banned Books Week: Handling book challenges at the library
- 29: Banned Books Week: Giving students the freedom to read
- 29: Book Review: Enemies: World War II Alien Internment by John Christgau
- 28: Somebody PLEASE tell me this is only hype
- 28: Banned Books Week: 50 banned books that everyone should read
- 27: Banned Books Week: No book is immune from book banners
- 26: Banned Books Week Manifesto
- 26: Weekend Edition: 9-26
- 25: Friday Follies 1.14
- 23: Midweek Music Moment: Aja, Steely Dan
- 22: Is a brain drain “hollowing out” rural America?
- 21: Musing Mondays: Music
- 19: Weekend Edition: 9-19
- 18: Friday Follies 1.13
- 18: Book Review: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
- 17: No “hard and fast rule” but juror’s pre-trial Google search requires new trial
- 16: Midweek Music Moment: Bill Evans
- 15: Who you gonna believe? Survey says: Not the news media
- 14: Tell a tale of titles
- 12: Weekend Edition: 9-12
- 11: Friday Follies: 1.12
- 11: Book Review: Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia
- 09: Happy blog birthday
- 09: Midweek Music Moment: Rockin’ the Suburbs, Ben Folds
- 08: Book Review: The Sixties by Jenny Diski
- 05: Weekend Edition: 9-5
- 03: Beatles bridge the years
- 02: Book Review: The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
- 02: Midweek Music Moment: Hank Wilson’s Back, Leon Russell
- 01: September Bibliolust
- August 2009 (26)
- 29: Weekend Edition: 8-29
- 28: Friday Follies 1.11
- 26: Midweek Music Moment: No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded
- 25: Reading in space
- 24: Book Review: Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatin
- 22: Weekend Edition: 8-22
- 21: Friday Follies 1.10
- 20: South Dakota’s ‘hate groups’ quartet
- 19: Midweek Music Moment: Chicago V, Chicago
- 18: I’m addicted and someone’s going to pay
- 17: Book Review: Pistonhead by Thomas A. Hauck
- 15: Weekend Edition: 8-15
- 14: Favorite Film Friday: The Great Escape
- 13: Free expression or religious disrespect?
- 12: Midweek Music Moment: Bill Chase
- 11: The mirage of “best” books lists
- 08: Weekend Edition: 8-8
- 07: Friday Follies 1.9
- 07: A “white-washed” book cover gets replaced
- 06: Booking Through Thursday: Recently serious
- 06: Another book list: 60 years of books
- 05: Midweek Music Moment: Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
- 04: Book Review: The Challenge by Jonathan Mahler
- 03: Musing Mondays: Library Meme
- 02: August Bibliolust
- 01: Weekend Edition: 8-1
- July 2009 (35)
- 31: Friday Follies 1.8
- 30: Did Elijah Page choose lethal injection too early?
- 30: Checking my NPR listener credentials
- 29: Midweek Music Moment: The Concert for Bangladesh
- 28: The Book Depository: Amazon complement or competition?
- 28: Race reflections in a “white-washed” book cover
- 27: Challenging that TBR stack
- 25: Weekend Edition: 7-25
- 24: Favorite Film Friday: 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 24: I like my law real, not televised
- 24: Thoroughly modern males?
- 23: Booking Through Thursday: Preferences
- 22: Midweek Music Moment: The Uninvited, The Uninvited
- 20: A nation of televisions
- 20: Tingo time again
- 18: Weekend Edition: 7-18
- 17: Friday Follies 1.7
- 16: Moon loses some of its shine
- 16: Double Booking Through Thursday: The TBR
- 15: Midweek Music Moment: Newport Jazz Festival
- 13: Book Review: The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le Clézio
- 11: Weekend Edition: 7-11
- 11: Stop the plane, I want to get off — then on, then off, then on, then off
- 10: Friday Follies 1.6
- 09: Travel, a delayed test and, of course, books
- 08: Midweek Music Moment: Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More
- 07: Book Review: Tears in the Darkness by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman
- 06: Musing Mondays: Library companionship
- 04: Weekend Edition: 7-4
- 03: Favorite Film Friday: Apocalypse Now
- 02: Booking Through Thursday: Celebrity
- 02: Midyear Reading Challenge report
- 02: Law’s greatest hits — among legal researchers
- 01: July Bibliolust
- 01: Midweek Music Moment: Waka/Jawaka, Frank Zappa
- June 2009 (30)
- 30: From 50 books for today to 100 books of all time
- 30: I have a ways to go on the Fifty Books for Our Times
- 29: Musing Mondays: Mid-year reading report
- 29: Book Review: God’s Mercy by Kerstin Ekman
- 27: Weekend Edition: 6-27
- 26: Friday Follies 1.5
- 26: The near obligatory Michael Jackson post
- 26: Book Review: The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
- 24: Book Review: Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
- 24: Midweek Music Moment: Fillmore East and West
- 20: Weekend Edition: 6-20
- 19: Favorite Film Friday: American Beauty
- 17: Arts attendance declines — again and even more
- 17: Midweek Music Moment: Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, Spirit
- 16: Game 7 is Number 1 rated show
- 15: Musing Mondays: Award winners
- 13: Weekend Edition: 6-13
- 12: Friday Follies 1.4
- 12: Today’s concept of “the pursuit of happiness”?
- 11: Book Review: Breath by Tim Winton
- 10: Midweek Music Moment: Bruce Springsteen
- 09: Sexism and the SD blogosphere
- 08: Book Review: To Live or to Perish Forever by Nicholas Schmidle
- 06: Weekend Edition: 6-6
- 05: Friday Follies 1.3
- 04: Booking Through Thursday: Sticky books
- 04: Book Review: The Burning Skies by David J. Williams
- 03: Midweek Music Moment: On The Border, Eagles
- 02: June Bibliolust
- 01: Who’s Googling what where — Chapter 2
- May 2009 (27)
- 31: End of a month and a major chapter
- 30: Weekend Edition 5-30
- 29: Book Review: We Are All Moors by Anouar Majid
- 28: Does Dutch pot mean fewer prisoners?
- 27: Midweek Music Moment: The Grammy Awards
- 26: Book Review: A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O’Nan
- 25: Using technology to enhance Memorial Day
- 23: Weekend Edition: 5-23
- 23: Book Review: Delete This at Your Peril by Bob Servant
- 22: Friday Follies 1.2
- 22: Book Review: A Day in the Life by Robert Greenfield
- 20: Midweek Bloggus Interruptus
- 16: Weekend Edition: 5-16
- 15: How’s it feel to live in the “freest” state?
- 14: Booking Through Thursday: Gluttony? Guilty!!
- 14: Book Review: Detective Story by Imre Kertész
- 13: Midweek Music Moment: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Neil Young
- 11: Book Review: The Way of Herodotus by Justin Marozzi
- 09: Weekend Edition: 5-9
- 08: Medicine’s black helicopters come to town
- 06: Midweek Music Moment: “Subterranean Homesick Blues”
- 05: Book Review: “Socialism Is Great!” by Lijia Zhang
- 04: Musing Mondays: TBR anxiety
- 04: Book Review: To the Last Salute by Georg von Trapp
- 02: Weekend edition 5-2
- 01: Friday Follies 1.1
- 01: May Bibliolust
- April 2009 (24)
- 30: Book Review: Private Midnight by Kris Saknussemm
- 29: Midweek Music Moment: Chicago Transit Authority
- 28: Writing in the Internet age
- 27: Book Review: Finding the Moon in Sugar by Gint Aras
- 25: Weekend Edition: 4-25
- 23: Booking Through Thursday: Symbolism — or not
- 22: Midweek Music Moment: Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones
- 21: Professional bloggers overtaking professional bartenders
- 20: Musing Mondays: Early favorites
- 18: Weekend Edition: 4-18
- 17: Friday Follies 1.0
- 17: Book Review: The Soul of Medicine by Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland
- 16: Don’t the tea baggers like water?
- 16: Book Review: Seahawk: Confessions of an Old Hockey Goalie by Bruce Valley
- 15: Midweek Music Moment: Survival, Grand Funk
- 12: Weekend Edition: 4-12
- 09: Book Review: Decoding The Heavens by Jo Marchant
- 08: Midweek Music Moment: Frampton Comes Alive, Peter Frampton
- 07: Book Review: Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
- 04: Weekend Edition: 4-4
- 03: Does the FTC really want to regulate my blog?
- 02: Book Review: Kidnapped: And Other Dispatches by Alan Johnston
- 01: April Bibliolust
- 01: Midweek Music Moment: Blood, Sweat & Tears
- March 2009 (23)
- 30: Book Review: The Magic Bus by Rory Maclean
- 28: Weekend Edition: 3-28
- 27: Book Review: A Free Life by Ha Jin
- 25: Newspapers: “No profit” to “nonprofit”?
- 25: Midweek Music Moment: Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
- 24: A bailout that rests in our own hands
- 21: Weekend Edition: 3-21
- 19: That interweb thingy in South Dakota jury rooms
- 18: Midweek Music Moment: Harvest, Neil Young
- 17: And I think I’ve got too many books
- 16: Is it cliché to talk about clichés?
- 14: Weekend Edition: 3-14
- 13: Book Review: Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser
- 12: Reflecting on South Dakota’s stem cell research ban
- 11: Midweek Music Moment: Déjà Vu, CSN&Y
- 10: Are we seeing the devolution of the written word?
- 07: Weekend Edition: 3-7
- 06: Great, another genre in which I am deficient
- 05: The “new” generation gap continues to seethe
- 04: Midweek Music Moment: Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
- 03: Is access to public records meaningful only if free?
- 02: Book Review: Sting Like a Bee by Jose Torres
- 02: March Bibliolust
- February 2009 (22)
- 28: Weekend Edition: 2-28
- 27: Reflections on being (somewhat) in the news
- 26: Another take on bloggers as journalists
- 25: Midweek Music Moment: Pearl, Janis Joplin
- 24: Congressional proposals differ over whether bloggers are journalists
- 21: Weekend Edition: 2-21
- 19: Booking Through Thursday: Order in the shelves
- 18: Midweek Music Moment: Jesus Christ Superstar
- 17: Book Review: Yalo by Elias Khoury
- 17: Facebook: What’s ours is ours and what’s yours is ours
- 16: Doing the iPod shuffle
- 14: Weekend Edition: 2-14
- 13: Book Review: The Ten-Cent Plague by David Hajdu
- 12: Booking Through Thursday: Author Blogs
- 11: Midweek Music Moment: Before the Flood, Bob Dylan and The Band
- 11: Children’s books caught up in lead ban
- 07: Weekend Edition: 2-7
- 05: So I’m not bad if I’m not reading the literary “canons”
- 04: Midweek Music Moment: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Traffic
- 02: Whither arts funding in bad economic times?
- 02: Musing Mondays: Bookstores
- 01: February Bibliolust
- January 2009 (29)
- 31: Weekend Edition: 1-31
- 30: Book Review: This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
- 29: Booking Through Thursday: The Digital Age
- 28: Midweek Music Moment: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
- 26: Keeping that award string alive
- 24: Weekend Edition: 1-24
- 23: Time to be pulling those heads out of the sand
- 23: Meme-ing another book list
- 22: Booking Through Thursday: Inspiration
- 21: Midweek Music Moment: Terry Kath
- 19: Music Review: Springsteen’s Working on a Dream
- 19: Musing Mondays: Sickness and injury
- 17: Weekend Edition: 1-17
- 16: Book Review: Commander of the Faithful by John W. Kiser
- 16: Tagged: Seven Random Things
- 15: Booking Through Thursday: Going musical
- 15: Is Sioux Falls going red?
- 14: Midweek Music Moment: Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan
- 12: Musing Mondays: Assigned reading
- 12: Fiction reading increases but we’re still a nation divided
- 10: Weekend Edition: 1-10
- 08: Booking Through Thursday: Favorites of 2008 (redux)
- 07: Those pesky technicalities
- 07: Midweek Music Moment: Holland, The Beach Boys
- 05: Book Review: Karnak Café by Naguib Mahfouz
- 03: Weekend Edition: 1-3
- 02: January Bibliolust
- 01: Booking Through Thursday: Reading resolutions
- 01: Recapping my year in books — and looking ahead
- December 2008 (29)
- 31: Them thar are
fightingnasty words! - 31: Best of 2008 – Books
- 31: Midweek Music Moment: Grand Funk, Grand Funk Railroad
- 30: Book Review: Finding Iris Chang by Paula Kamen
- 30: Best of 2008 — Music
- 29: Musing Mondays: Recommendations
- 27: Weekend Edition: 12-27
- 25: Booking Through Thursday: Wintery books
- 24: A heathen’s Christmas greeting – 2008
- 24: Midweek Music Moment: Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond
- 22: Two South Dakota eras come to an end
- 20: Weekend edition: 12-20
- 19: We interrupt (some) of this blog
- 18: Booking Through Thursday: A gift twofer
- 17: Midweek Music Moment: Rod Stewart
- 15: Musing Mondays: Don’t leave home without it?
- 15: The year’s reading fixations: World lit, particularly Russia
- 13: Weekend Edition: 12-13
- 11: Booking Through Thursday: Reading time
- 10: Midweek Music Moment: Hotel California, Eagles
- 09: Mortality and the “to be read” stacks
- 08: Musing Mondays: Time between books
- 06: Weekend Edition: 12-6
- 04: Booking Through Thursday: 5 for Favorites
- 04: Who’s Googling what where
- 03: Midweek Music Moment: Frank Zappa and “Smoke on the Water”
- 02: Tuesday Thingers: Most popular book
- 01: Musing Mondays: Christmas reading
- 01: December Bibliolust
- 31: Them thar are
- November 2008 (28)
- 29: Weekend Edition: 11-29
- 27: Booking Through Thanksgiving
- 26: Midweek Music Moment: All Things Must Pass, George Harrison
- 25: Book Review: Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg
- 24: Musing Mondays: Book crazes
- 22: Weekend Edition: 11-22
- 20: Booking Through Thursday: Reviewer obligations
- 19: Midweek Music Moment: Double Fantasy, John Lennon
- 17: Musing Mondays: Whatcha readin’?
- 17: An inauguration present from Bruce
- 17: See, I am not annoying (much)
- 16: Tagged: Bookworm Awards meme
- 15: Weekend Edition: 11-15
- 14: New Scientist on SF
- 14: Book Review: I Hate New Music by Dave Thompson
- 13: Booking Through Thursday: Why buy?
- 12: Midweek Music Moment: Santana III, Santana
- 10: Musing Mondays: A home for my books
- 10: Book Review: Don’t Go There! by Peter Greenberg
- 08: Weekend Edition: 11-8
- 07: Book Review: Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television and Politics by Gordon B. Arnold
- 06: If this is November, it must be “best of” time
- 05: Midweek Music Moment: Abbey Road, The Beatles
- 04: Tuesday Thingers: Multiple copies
- 03: The Top 150 of the past 15 years
- 02: November Bibliolust
- 02: Goodnight Opus
- 01: Weekend Edition: 11-1
- October 2008 (32)
- 30: Book Review: The Mental Floss History of the World
- 29: Al Swearengen ain’t gonna like this
- 29: A longlasting love affair
- 28: First love
- 28: Paper takes a couple hits from digital
- 27: Musing Mondays: The economy and book buying
- 26: Very split reading personality
- 25: Weekend Edition: 10-25
- 23: Booking Through Thursday: Coupling
- 21: Tuesday Thingers: Series
- 21: Reflected joy
- 20: Musing Mondays: Can novels survive without women readers?
- 18: Weekend Edition: 10-18
- 16: The devil’s in the details, morally and factually
- 15: Blog Action Day: FDR’s “second Bill of Rights”
- 13: Musing Mondays: Favorite genre/author
- 13: Welcome to the world of important things, Bob
- 13: Book Review: Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese
- 11: Weekend Edition: 10-11
- 10: Vinyl and seed paper in today’s music market
- 09: Booking Through Thursday: Meme with a meme
- 07: No Opus! Not again!!
- 07: Book Review: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
- 06: Musing Mondays: Reading changes
- 06: Stuck on my bookshelves
- 05: Celebrating a new hockey season — with books
- 04: Weekend edition: 10-4
- 03: Let’s help two South Dakota schools needing books
- 02: Booking Through Thursday: Worst best book
- 02: Book Review: Guests of the Nation by Mike Palecek
- 01: October Bibliolust
- 01: Banned Books Week linkage
- September 2008 (24)
- 30: Tuesday Thingers: Banned Books Week
- 29: Musing Mondays: What I done been reading
- 29: Book Review: Dumbocracy by Marty Beckerman
- 27: Weekend Edition: 9-27
- 26: Marking Banned Books Week
- 25: Booking Through Thursday: Most unusual book
- 23: What the military is reading
- 20: Weekend edition: 9-20
- 19: The book meme to end all book memes
- 18: Booking Through Thursday: Autumn reading habits
- 17: Book Review: Kafka Comes to America by Steven T. Wax
- 16: Tuesday Thingers: LT’s quotation field
- 15: Musing Mondays: Treatment of books
- 15: Celebrate an upcoming world premiere – buy the DVD
- 11: Booking Through Thursday: Villainy
- 10: A red reading state
- 09: Idiot’s note to feed subscribers
- 09: Tuesday Thingers: Book awards
- 09: One reading list shortened
- 09: Five years ago today
- 08: What about “The New Classics”?
- 06: Open Letter becomes my foreign travel agent
- 04: Five I really should read some day
- 01: September bibliolust
- August 2008 (12)
- 31: Book Review: Mike’s Election Guide 2008 and The Do-It-Yourself Constitutional Amendment Kit
- 30: Stealing horses a popular pasttime
- 26: Book Review: The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
- 23: Russian history fixation sets in
- 20: He’d get my vote any day
- 17: An author’s rules for reviewers
- 16: Saying goodbye to the girls of summer
- 13: Mixed marginalia
- 05: Putting it in my back yard (or at least nearby)
- 05: Lawyers on film
- 04: Surveying library support
- 03: Desert island books
- July 2008 (2)
- June 2008 (8)
- 30: Forthcoming blog silence
- 28: Book Review: The Mirrored Heavens by David J. Williams
- 23: Book Review: The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
- 22: Weekend marginalia
- 17: How to combat the announcer gap
- 16: What about those who aren’t residents of planet Earth?
- 06: Impeachment politics and the Bar
- 02: Book Review: The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi
- May 2008 (11)
- 30: June book notes
- 27: Political notes
- 26: NYC: Witches, phantoms and spam
- 17: End of the week marginalia
- 14: DNC: Who needs a true South Dakota blogger?
- 14: Another milestone
- 07: No lawyers need apply
- 07: Which book would I save?
- 05: What? I’ve actually read a top “Good Read” choice?
- 01: Bookish marginalia
- 01: Scott v. Beck Round 2
- April 2008 (13)
- 30: Book Review: The Man Who Turned Into Himself by David Ambrose
- 28: Book Review: Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño
- 26: Considering cult books, most of which didn’t start a “church”
- 22: Who can resist popping cellular cushioning packaging material?
- 18: Another disconnect from the education president
- 17: Reading from the perfect library (or not)
- 16: Catching up marginalia
- 15: Final Frozen Four trip observations
- 11: Frozen Four marginalia
- 08: Happy times for hardcore hockey fans
- 07: Bob Dylan and the Pulitzer Prizes
- 06: Overdue marginalia
- 01: More blog thought on book reviewing
- March 2008 (14)
- 27: Are they so deadly I should eschew them completely?
- 27: We interrupt this blog for serious horn tooting
- 26: It’s always something
- 24: March madness – SF award style
- 21: Turning points
- 19: Farewell Arthur
- 19: If this is Wednesday, this must be …
- 17: Reflections on back-to-back Bruce
- 13: Even I don’t get this worked up about Springsteen
- 10: Mortal sins for the 21st Century
- 10: A touch of listmania
- 08: Bookish marginalia
- 06: Blogroll changes
- 01: Life-changing SF works?
- February 2008 (11)
- 29: Leap day marginalia
- 28: An avocation’s disheartening end
- 23: Book Review: Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
- 22: De-icing marginalia
- 21: My (slowly thawing) thoughts exactly
- 14: Death and taxes
- 10: Madhouse marginalia
- 09: The girls are back in town
- 05: Keeping that string alive
- 04: Book Review: The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
- 03: February-sized marginalia
- January 2008 (18)
- 31: Search term follies – Part 5
- 28: An actual mea culpa from a tech company
- 27: Weekend marginalia
- 26: Thankful for a fortuitous jazz “education”
- 25: Book Review: Revolutionary Spirits by Gary Kowalski
- 23: Actually reaching the likeminded?
- 21: Wintry weekend marginalia
- 18: Book Review: Guantanamo by Dorothea Dieckmann
- 17: Global warming and the South Dakota Supreme Court
- 15: Book Review: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
- 14: Of award nominations and votes
- 13: Recognizing the relevancy of SF?! In South Dakota?!?!?!?
- 12: Blogroll notes and accumulated marginalia
- 10: End of a subscription era
- 08: Book Review: The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya
- 05: Thoughts prompted by a Russian classic
- 02: The literacy capital(s) of the United States?
- 01: Hitting the century mark
- December 2007 (20)
- 31: Best of 2007 – Music
- 30: Best of 2007 – Books
- 27: Missing the “reason for the season”?
- 26: My Christmas gift/New Year’s resolution for myself
- 26: Of libel suits and legal bills
- 24: A heathen’s Christmas greeting 2007
- 23: Happy Festivus!
- 22: New location (I hope) marginalia
- 21: SD bloggers reflect the traits we brag about
- 20: Are the lights on????
- 17: Seeing proof of my foreign fiction fixation
- 16: Happy 90th Arthur!
- 15: Happy happy joy joy III (and Ticketmaster still sucks)
- 14: Book Review: Triumph by Philip Wylie
- 12: 2007 Oops Awards
- 10: The ethics of book reviewing
- 07: Friday evening marginalia
- 06: Single internet ad not enough for South Dakota jurisdiction
- 03: Google helps defeat the server gremlins
- 01: Snowy Saturday marginalia
- November 2007 (19)
- 30: Book Briefs 7
- 29: Mixed emotions about a new “best recommended” book list
- 28: Mostly bookish catch up marginalia
- 27: Sad news of an old friend
- 27: A new publication for my subscription list
- 26: Thoughts on the NEA reading report
- 20: An interesting take on the “hospital wars”
- 19: Belated bookish marginalia
- 16: Book Review: The Whisperers by Orlando Figes
- 13: Word of the year?
- 11: Bookish marginalia
- 10: Happy happy joy joy II
- 09: The word you’ve been searching for?
- 08: Book Briefs 6
- 07: Midweek marginalia
- 05: Monday night marginalia
- 05: Turn it off! Turn it off!
- 02: What’s South Dakota listening to?
- 01: Travel interruptus marginalia
- October 2007 (14)
- 25: Addiction taking precedence over blogging — and many other things
- 21: Sunday morning marginalia
- 19: Seems like a $50 million salary package draws attention
- 18: Book Briefs 5
- 12: Friday marginalia
- 11: Illiterati status confirmed
oncetwice again - 10: The wacko reading interests surface again
- 09: Unread books meme
- 07: Sunday marginalia
- 05: Socialists and
liberalsprogressives, oh my - 04: Free Burma
- 03: Dystopian movies — and acknowledging reality
- 02: Book Review: The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi
- 01: The magic of Bruce Springsteen
- September 2007 (22)
- 29: Celebrate Banned Books Week
- 28: Book marginalia
- 28: Transitional marginalia
- 28: Hockey on the horizon
- 26: There’s that feeling again
- 25: A marketplace beset by rot?
- 24: There’s got to be a better way
- 21: Shoot me now (cause my wife probably will)
- 20: Book Review: Malvinas Requiem by Rodolfo Fogwill
- 19: Taking advantage of a second chance
- 18: Speaking of Vietnam War protests
- 17: A somewhat unsurprising surprise
- 13: Back, again
- 10: Reflections on “Patriot Day”
- 09: Sunday morning marginalia
- 08: Some early Magic
- 06: Book marginalia
- 05: Book Review: Living Blue in the Red States edited by David Starkey
- 04: Finishing the check
- 04: End of summer rants
- 03: My weekend’s labor
- 01: Three day weekend marginalia
- August 2007 (29)
- 29: Political marginalia
- 28: BRUUUCCE tour announced
- 28: Book Review: The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout
- 26: Sunday marginalia
- 25: Get over it
- 23: Travel book lists
- 22: I, of course, find this very depressing
- 22: Midweek marginalia
- 21: Well, I’ll be a pissant
- 21: Out of the armchair traveling
- 20: Herseth-Sandlin, spying and civil liberties
- 20: Bread marks another chapter
- 19: Sunday morning marginalia
- 17: Legal reflections on the Argus libel suit
- 16: Thursday marginalia
- 16: Album but no tour news
- 16: My feet are smiling
- 15: Split personality or difference of opinion?
- 15: Midweek marginalia
- 13: Bruuuuccce
newsrumors - 12: Sunday morning marginalia
- 10: A metaphorical downpour
- 08: A notable political anniversary
- 06: Wonderful early hockey news
- 05: Trying out a new look
- 04: Weekend marginalia
- 02: The 35W bridge collapse
- 01: Say what?
- 01: Blogroll additions and comment
- July 2007 (19)
- 31: Book Review: Skylark Farm and The Exception
- 29: Another print v. “lit blog” spiel
- 27: NASA’s big hangover
- 25: Midweek marginalia
- 23: Armchair traveling
- 20: More on the Morrows
- 18: Midweek marginalia
- 17: Book Review: The Trap by Daniel Brook
- 16: British SF and post 9/11 civil liberties
- 14: Catch up marginalia
- 13: Book Review: Gradisil by Adam Roberts
- 12: Readercon wrap up
- 09: Readercon and the SF community
- 07: Random Readercon notes I
- 03: Delayed marginalia
- 03: Stop banging your heads against the wall
- 02: Dell becomes my favorite corporation
- 02: Thune and immigration reform
- 01: Mid-year book update
- June 2007 (13)
- 30: Oh s&@%!!
- 29: The Supreme Court’s gang of four
- 28: Passion and purpose 2.0
- 27: Reading the world
- 26: Accumulated marginalia
- 26: PP! I never knew!!!
- 24: Doing the LibraryThing
- 15: Travel marginalia
- 10: Abbreviated weekend marginalia
- 07: Saying goodbye to a family member
- 05: Preparing for my first con
- 02: Weekend marginalia
- 01: Education funding rant
- May 2007 (16)
- 31: Younger passion
- 31: Those wacky Amazon recommendations
- 28: Purpose, passion and related motifs
- 25: Book Review: Brasyl by Ian McDonald
- 24: Thursday marginalia
- 23: A bittersweet day
- 22: The print-blog battle continues
- 22: Who, me?
- 21: Finding co-obsessives
- 17: Thursday marginalia
- 14: Just say yes
- 13: Congrats to the Stampede
- 13: Weekend marginalia
- 11: It’s 80 degrees again today so
- 06: Catching up marginalia
- 01: Travel thoughts
- April 2007 (7)
- March 2007 (10)
- February 2007 (16)
- 28: Books A to Z – Part 2
- 27: Follow up on the “Lost Tomb” of Jesus
- 27: Crazed tinged notes and marginalia
- 26: Books A to Z – Part 1
- 24: Book Briefs 4
- 21: Mid-week marginalia
- 20: Book Review: The Call of the Weird
- 18: Of firsts and SF books
- 16: Search term follies – Part 4
- 16: The Atheist Manifestos IV: God: The Failed Hypothesis
- 15: Question marginalia
- 13: In da funk
- 08: Accumulated marginalia
- 06: Somebody build an arena here overnight?
- 05: Hockey book briefs
- 03: An American madrassa
- January 2007 (27)
- 31: Book Review: The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer
- 30:
WeekendTuesday marginalia - 30: Life imitates “art”?
- 29: Prisoner mail oddities
- 25: Book Review: Secrets of the SuperOptimist (2006)
- 24: Midweek marginalia
- 23: Search term follies – Part 3
- 22: Surviving Blue Monday
- 21: NBCC Award nominees (plus one)
- 20: A Zappa interlude and homage
- 19: End of an era
- 19: Apocalypse soon?
- 17: A reading funk
- 17: Voices v. Vilhauer (or life in a Gannett newspaper town)
- 17: Horn blowing time
- 15: Monday marginalia
- 12: Credentialing bloggers
- 12: Bliss out of the blue
- 11: Of hockey all-stars and education
- 11: Blogger banquet
- 08: Space links
- 07: Weekend marginalia
- 07: And still no correction
- 06: The Big Read returns
- 06: Welcome (back?) Jon Swift
- 04: Book Review: Lee Morgan (2006)
- 03: Marginalia 1-07
- December 2006 (31)
- 31: New Year’s Eve variation
- 30: Book Review: Johnny U (2006)
- 30: Do its ethics rules apply to Argus blogs?
- 29: Book Review: The Worst Hard Time (2006)
- 27: Midweek marginalia
- 27: Looking back on books in 2006
- 24: A heathen’s Christmas greeting
- 23: It’s Festivus!
- 22: More marginalia
- 20: Marginalia
- 20: Bloggers, “buzz marketing” and the FTC
- 19: Helping pick a national award
- 18: When the authors weigh in
- 17: But will it change the Herseth searches?
- 16: Historical hockey homage
- 15: Weekend marginalia
- 14: Tim Johnson and the media
- 13: A rational approach to school book challenges
- 12: A reading rut
- 11: Search term follies – Part 2
- 09: Top 50 SF & F Books
- 08: Weekend marginalia
- 07: Orhan Pamuk shows his Nobel talents
- 07: You know you’re old when
- 06: SD bloggers and SD Public TV
- 05: Marginalia
- 05: Electric car follow-up
- 04: Book Briefs 3
- 03: Dicta
- 02: SD blogosphere changes
- 01: TIME’s top 100 Albums
- November 2006 (34)
- 30: Dicta and miscellany
- 30: More marginalia
- 28: Marginalia and miscellany
- 27: Book Review: This Is Your Brain on Music (2006)
- 23: Thanksgiving trimmings
- 20: Daughters and dreams
- 19: 2006 State “AA” Volleyball Champs
- 16: Awards, marginalia and miscellany
- 15: Road rants
- 15: Midweek miscellany and marginalia
- 14: Book Review: Kill the Messenger (2006)
- 13: Search term follies
- 11: The Atheist Manifestos III: The Heathen’s Guide to World Religions (2006)
- 10: The Atheist Manifestos II: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
- 09: The Supremes and Kevin Costner
- 09: Marginalia and dicta
- 09: The Atheist Manifestos I: Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
- 08: Book Review: Air America: The Playbook (2006)
- 08: One more election post
- 08: My two cents on the JAIL vote
- 07: Election Day
- 07: “Now That It’s Over”
- 06: “Reverend” Branson still pounding that drum
- 06: A judicial determination the JAILers are lying?
- 06: At least they created some unity
- 05: Weekend marginalia and miscellany
- 05: A pretty poor poster child
- 04: State political notes
- 04: The BS fixation on “prison slave labor”
- 03: Only one set of numbers really counts
- 03: No accountability in campaign finance report
- 02: J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 13
- 01: Why we need E: “prison slave labor”
- 01: That handwriting is more clear
- October 2006 (38)
- 31: PSA II
- 31: Awaiting that campaign finance report
- 31: E as in rhymes with hypocrisy
- 31: “Amendment E based on a lie”
- 30: You can’t spell fringe without E
- 29: Accumulated (lengthy) political marginalia
- 28: Looking at JAIL from the standpoint of the founders
- 28: More out-of-state E coverage
- 28: You don’t have to love the system to hate J.A.I.L.
- 28: I HATE BLOGGER!
- 26: Has the meltdown started?
- 26: Okay, maybe we are hicks
- 25: The same old lie – before a bit of truth
- 24: Public Service Announcement
- 23: Straw Ballot smack down
- 23: They just can’t keep their story straight
- 23: How (not) to keep them in South Dakota
- 22: Weekend marginalia
- 22: Catching up on E as in editorial pages
- 21: Book Review: The Road (2006)
- 20: Stepping into the abortion ban debate
- 19: Vote on J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 12
- 18: NPR on Amendment E
- 16: Stegmeier working on the next ballot initiative
- 14: Weekend marginalia
- 13: Star Wars truth
- 12: That darn media
- 12: On the Nobel Prize winner
- 11: Awards marginalia
- 10: A worthy political item
- 09: Amendment E polling
- 07: E as in editorial pages
- 06: Weekend state of mind jottings
- 06: Book Review: The Jesus Dynasty (2006)
- 04: Midweek marginalia
- 03: Book Review: Blood Brothers (2006)
- 02: Bill’s “bombshells” a/k/a the truth
- 01: Book Review: All Roads Lead to Hockey (2006)
- September 2006 (18)
- 30: Random weekend grumps
- 29: Book Review: The Prince of the Marshes (2006)
- 27: J.A.I.L. shows its true roots and agenda
- 25: Book Review: The Shark God (2006)
- 24: Should I really be telling Bill how to sue jurors?
- 24: The Zogby poll
- 23: Reviewing the rebuttal
- 22: The Clarence Thomas visit
- 21: Book Review: The Expected One (2006)
- 20: J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 11
- 19: How I spent 9/11
- 18: Festival of Books
- 17: Surviving two milestones
- 08: 9/11: Truth, Lies or Conspiracy?
- 02: Diverse linkage
- 01: Book Review: Journey Back (2006)
- 01: The (fully tolerable) woes of book review bloggers
- 01: On ballot explanations and statements
- August 2006 (28)
- 31: The deliberate dodge
- 30: Ramifications of the execution decision
- 27: Weekend medley
- 25: Those darn campaign finance reports
- 24: Branson’s own South Dakota campaign
- 23: Miscellany with a bent toward the political
- 22: Marginalia
- 21: J.A.I.L.’s first target?
- 21: Book Review: The Question (2006)
- 18: End of the week linkage
- 17: “… and nothing but the truth”
- 16: Book Review: Field Notes from a Catastrophe (2006)
- 15: The Wizard and Wounded Knee
- 15: The Amendment E lawsuit
- 15: Early week miscellany
- 14: Interesting quandry
- 14: J.A.I.L. tidbits
- 12: Lengthy weekend miscellany and marginalia
- 11: Book Review: Terrorist by John Updike
- 10: Initiative and referendum decision
- 09: Herseth changing position or riding the political winds?
- 09: Throwing rocks whenever a light shines on them
- 09: The J.A.I.L. version of “who’s on first?”
- 08: J.A.I.L.’s complaints about the ballot explanation – Part 2
- 07: Book Review: 100 Ways America is Screwing Up the World
- 06: Book binges and the TBR stack
- 03: Book Review: Rainbows End (2006)
- 02: Midweek marginalia
- July 2006 (26)
- 31: The initiative “author” who can’t read or understand what he wrote
- 30: SF marginalia
- 28: Bad luck streak in concert scheduling
- 28: Book Review: Glasshouse by Charles Stross
- 26: Banning books
- 25: Ignorance or compulsion?
- 25: Assorted marginalia
- 24: Apparent trouble in J.A.I.L.land = More lies
- 23: Thanks John
- 22: Book Review: Old Man’s War (2005)
- 20: Assorted miscellany
- 20: A Herseth laugher?
- 19: An Inconvenient Truth
- 16: Book Review: The Places in Between (2006)
- 15: Amazon recommendations
- 15: I know I promised but….
- 14: Accumulated weekend marginalia
- 13: Evaluating the ballot explanation of J.A.I.L.
- 13: J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 10
- 12: Follow up to “Meet the new face of J.A.I.L.”
- 11: The AG on J.A.I.L.
- 10: Meet the new face of J.A.I.L.
- 08: Book Review: Londonstani (2006)
- 07: Book minutiae
- 06: Procrastination marginalia
- 03: Book Review: Beyond Armageddon (2006)
- June 2006 (15)
- 29: The Hamdan decision
- 28: Miscellany and marginalia
- 25: Book Review: Sunshine Assassins (2006)
- 24: Accumulated marginalia and miscellany
- 23: J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 9
- 21: Book Review: Hotel California (2006)
- 20: The cup
- 19: J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 8
- 17: Extended marginalia
- 16: Amazon links and book bloggers
- 15: Justice O’Connor chimes in
- 14: Book reviews: The Game and The Rebel League
- 12: Return check in
- 05: Book Review: Indefensible (2006)
- 04: Cruise blogging
- May 2006 (30)
- 29: Book Review: New Light (2006)
- 27: Miscellany
- 26: Seeing music from different perspectives
- 25: Book Review: Crazy (2006)
- 24: Accumulated marginalia 2
- 23: A personal note
- 22: Book Review: F.U.B.A.R. (2006)
- 22: J.A.I.L.’s California shell game – Chapter 6
- 20: More BS from Billy Steg
- 19: J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 7
- 18: Accumulated marginalia
- 17: J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 6
- 16: Book Review: Everyman (2006)
- 15: J.A.I.L’s Lies – Part 5
- 13: J.A.I.L. intermezzo
- 12: Book Review: Terror Nation (2006)
- 11: Bill Stegmeier’s BS
- 11: J.A.I.L. Lies – Part 4
- 11: Once an “illiterati” always an “illiterati”?
- 10: Hold their feet to the fire
- 09: Marginalia for May 9
- 09: Official No on E website up
- 08: Book Review: Space Race (2006)
- 06: Weekend marginalia
- 05: Book Review: Requiem for New Orleans (2006)
- 05: J.A.I.L.’s California shell game – Chapter 5
- 04: Book meme
- 03: Book Review: Here Comes the Sun (2006)
- 02: The agony of defeat
- 01: Returning marginalia
- April 2006 (22)
- 27: Departing marginalia
- 27: I found two more supporters
- 26: Movie literacy
- 25: Dicta and marginalia
- 24: Demonstrating the danger of J.A.I.L.
- 20: Well, it’s sort of a J.A.I.L.house award
- 20: You judge the 10 answers on J.A.I.L.
- 19: Book Review: Falling Through the Earth (2006)
- 19: J.A.I.L’s California shell game – Chapter 4
- 18: Awards marginalia
- 18: J.A.I.L.’s California shell game – Chapter 3
- 16: Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions
- 13: Marginalia with linkage
- 12: So is this why he doesn’t like courts and taxes?
- 12: J.A.I.L.’s California shell game – Chapter 2
- 11: Abortion task force chairwoman speaks out
- 10: J.A.I.L.’s California shell game – Chapter 1
- 09: No on Amendment E blog
- 09: Book Review: Zanesville (2005)
- 07: Remainders
- 06: Media does minor catching up on J.A.I.L.
- 04: Odds and ends
- March 2006 (32)
- 31: J.A.I.L. Lies – Part 3
- 30: Review: Bound by Law? (2006)
- 29: Marginalia, dicta and miscellany
- 29: J.A.I.L. Lies – Part 2
- 28: Trying to hold on to his J.A.I.L. award
- 27: J.A.I.L. Lies – Part 1
- 25: Ask and ye shall receive
- 22: Trying to change the signs at J.A.I.L.land
- 22: Ahh, the power of blogs – Part 2
- 22: Linkage and dicta
- 21: Book Review: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005)
- 20: The fast and loose facts in J.A.I.L.land
- 20: Those voting records just don’t go away
- 20: Book Review: The Best People in the World (2006)
- 18: Weekend linkage and marginalia
- 18: Ahh, the power of blogs
- 17: More adventures in J.A.I.L.land
- 16: Trouble in the J.A.I.L. ranks?
- 15: Footnotes and dicta
- 15: A sad note
- 14: Dicta and marginalia
- 09: Abortion and J.A.I.L.
- 08: Pondering the abortion ban
- 08: Bill of Rights updated
- 07: Awards, marginalia and bookmarks
- 06: Abortion ban signed into law
- 06: If you had any doubt
- 04: South Dakota’s female judges rule
- 03: Referendum on abortion law?
- 03: Book Review: Cry from the Deep
- 02: Marginalia and bookmarks
- 01: Homer Simpson and the First Amendment
- February 2006 (18)
- 27: Book Review: Spychips
- 25: Marginalia
- 25: Looks like O.A.R. will play Sioux Falls
- 23: Kate Looby sure is popular
- 22: Cartoons and revisionists
- 22: Book Review: Bare Naked Truth – On the Religious Right
- 21: Book Review: America! What Have You Done to the Auld Game?
- 20: Weekend update
- 17: A rare weekend on the horizon
- 16: Link marginalia
- 16: JAIL update
- 14: JAIL notes
- 09: Another of my diversions
- 07: Book choices: eclectic or eccentric?
- 04: The Bad Plus
- 01: Frey offers note to readers, gets sued
- 01: Clarke nominations
- 01: Alito assigned 8th Circuit
- January 2006 (12)
- December 2005 (27)
- 31: Books: Best and Worst of 2005
- 30: Albums of the Year
- 29: Marginalia and notes
- 26: Book briefs
- 24: Christmas greetings
- 24: Little Red Book story big fat hoax
- 23: Happy Festivus!
- 22: Marginalia, jottings and promotion
- 21: South Dakota book notes
- 20: Book Review: Fog Facts (2005)
- 19: Thune: Constitution? What Constitution?
- 18: Book Review: Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us (2005)
- 16: Thumbs down
- 16: Random notes and promotion
- 15: Book Review: Godless (2004)
- 13: SD abortion “study”
- 12: DVD quick takes
- 09: Book Review: Jesus Land (2005)
- 08: South Dakota Supremes and internet child porn
- 08: The passing of a musician
- 07: Local notes
- 06: Priceless Zip
- 06: Part of the reason we’re last?
- 04: End of the year book lists
- 03: Big boom a big bust
- 02: Marginalia, notes and self-promotion
- 01: Book Review: Serenity (2005)
- November 2005 (24)
- 30: The end of limbo, Catholic style?
- 30: Marginalia and local dicta (Updated)
- 29: Book Review: The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)
- 28: Bashing Bush with humor
- 26: DVD quick takes
- 25: Book Review: Beasts of No Nation (2005)
- 23: Endnotes and dicta
- 22: Book Review: Hunger: An Unnatural History (2005)
- 21: Dicta and marginalia
- 20: A small example of the culture of malice
- 19: Naming rights
- 18: Jottings
- 16: BTR 30th Hammersmith Odeon DVD
- 13: DVD quick takes
- 12: Book Review: Galileo’s Children (2005)
- 11: Political notes
- 09: Marginalia
- 08: State and local political notes
- 06: Book Review: The Da Vinci Fraud (2005)
- 05: DVD quick takes
- 03: Interesting South Dakota religion case
- 03: Riffs and marginalia
- 02: Some (temporary) parting Alito notes
- 01: Nomination info sources
- October 2005 (29)
- 31: Alito follow-up
- 31: Alito and John Thune’s America
- 29: Marginalia and notes
- 29: Book Review: Radicals in Robes (2005)
- 27: Musings on Miers
- 26: George McGovern podcast
- 25: Marginalia and dicta
- 25: Bruce Radio and more
- 24: Two excellent jazz box sets
- 23: Book Review: Faith at War (2005)
- 22: CD short takes: Legends edition
- 18: Lengthy marginalia
- 16: PC Hell
- 12: Reinforcing my status as an illiterati
- 12: Springsteen sans me
- 12: Quill Awards
- 11: Book Review: Moondust (2005)
- 10: Footnotes and dicta
- 10: Serenity sinking?
- 09: The vast right wing, er…. left wing conspiracy
- 07: More marginalia
- 06: Why I don’t trust people to whom God talks
- 05: Marginalia
- 04: DVD quick takes
- 03: Notes, marginalia and dicta
- 03: Serenity box office thumbs up or down?
- 02: Book review: Looking for Bigfoot (2005)
- 02: Outtakes, riffs and dicta
- 01: Movie review: Serenity (2005)
- September 2005 (35)
- 30: Agony and ecstasy of the BDM
- 29: Eve of the BDM
- 27: Born to Run anniversary set announced
- 27: Political notes
- 26: CD Previews: Crow, Santana, Young
- 25: The governor and the airplanes
- 24: The season begins
- 23: Notes and marginalia
- 22: DVD Review: No Direction Home (2005)
- 22: You know you’re old when
- 21: DVD Takes
- 20: Book Review: Thou Shalt Not Kill Unless Otherwise Instructed (2005)
- 19: Book blurbs
- 18: Today’s Sunday School lesson: Sen. Thune Meet the Ninth Commandment
- 17: The Roberts nomination
- 17: Marginalia – Catching up edition
- 16: Kurt Vonnegut follow-up
- 14: Recent repairs lead to reduced posting
- 12: Book Review: A Man Without A Country (2005)
- 12: The season approaches
- 11: Hitting a nerve?
- 10: A précis on parental dilemmas and joys
- 09: Two year anniversary
- 08: Booker Award short list
- 06: Guilty as charged (and the media too)
- 06: Maginalia and jottings
- 05: Jackson Browne to release on own label
- 04: DVD takes
- 04: Rehnquist
- 03: CD quick takes
- 03: Being Poor
- 02: Marginalia and footnotes
- 01: Katrina notes
- 01: My Firefly and Serenity obsession
- 01: The Sioux Falls Evangelical-Leader?
- August 2005 (29)
- 31: A crowning blow?
- 31: Riffs, marginalia and dicta
- 30: JAILers display their lack of understanding
- 30: UM’s Digital Audio Initiative
- 27: What’s in a name?
- 26: Political odds and ends
- 23: Predicting the 9/11 “conspiracy”
- 22: DVD takes
- 21: Book Review: Accelerando (2005)
- 20: Churches and use tax sequel
- 20: HST set for lift-off
- 18: Short takes from the local daily
- 16: More dicta
- 16: London police: Oops, my bad
- 15: Obiter dicta
- 14: Some (small) common ground
- 12: Book marginalia
- 12: My podcast rant
- 11: How to become a fictional character
- 11: Obiter dicta
- 10: Book award notes
- 10: School fundraising
- 09: Welcome back Discovery
- 08: DVDs – Mixed edition
- 08: Quick takes and dicta
- 07: Hugo Awards announced
- 06: Assessing the Supremes
- 05: DVDs – Foreign edition
- 03: Summer doldrums?
- July 2005 (25)
- 30: Springsteen on writers on Springsteen
- 28: Book Review: Magical Mystery Tours (2005)
- 27: A short-lived return to flight
- 27: Local interests v. the greater good
- 26: A child of the space age
- 24: Marginalia and riffs
- 21: Herseth backs Patriot Act extension
- 21: Book Review: What’s My Name, Fool? (2005)
- 21: There she goes (yet) again
- 20: Obiter dictum
- 19: Eye grabber
- 18: Marginalia and dicta
- 17: Book Review: The Traveler (2005)
- 14: JazzFest
- 13: Marginalia and footnotes
- 10: Book Review: They Don’t Play Hockey in Heaven (2003)
- 10: Off limits
- 09: Plamegate and reporter’s privilege
- 06: Book Review: My Friend Leonard (2005)
- 04: Book Review: Perfect Soldiers (2005)
- 03: Book Review: God vs. the Gavel (2005)
- 02: Music and books
- 02: Churches + use tax = persecution complex
- 01: Political notes
- 01: Book Review: Five Stars! (2005)
- June 2005 (33)
- 30: Muzzle awards
- 30: JAIL escapes from the asylum
- 30: Blogroll and site additions
- 29: Legal, local and political footnotes
- 28: The Times Are A-Changin’
- 25: The God Who Wasn’t There (DVD) (2005)
- 25: Struggling to find a 2004 album of the year
- 24: Book Review: Terry Jones’s War on the War on Terror (2005)
- 23: Bookmarks and footnotes
- 22: Book Review: Iron Sunrise (2004)
- 21: Briefs
- 21: Wiki journalism
- 17: What makes you give up?
- 16: Accelerando online
- 16: Fear of books
- 15: Pohl on “good” SF
- 15: Book Review: Spin (2005)
- 14: Riffs and bookmarks
- 13: Ooops
- 12: Clarence Thomas and state theocracy
- 10: The “TBR” pile
- 10: Miscellany
- 08: Bookmarks
- 06: Footnotes
- 06: The Supremes and medical marijuana
- 05: Book Review: Speaking Freely (2005)
- 04: Plains life sans car
- 04: Book Review: Lies, Inc. (2004)
- 03: Deep Throat, “Woodstein” and life
- 03: Marginalia
- 03: Accelerando to use Creative Commons license
- 02: The “most harmful” books
- 02: Well, at least it ain’t Barney
- May 2005 (27)
- 30: Book Review: The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005)
- 30: Book Review: The God Particle (2005)
- 27: The “new” sf debate
- 24: Bookmarks
- 22: Book Review: Nam-A-Rama (2005)
- 21: Book Review: Cloud Atlas (2004)
- 21: Not standing the test of time
- 20: Google news headline
- 18: Riffs, notes and bookmarks
- 18: Creating school censorship councils
- 18: Locus Awards finalists
- 16: Book Review: The Great Mortality (2005)
- 15: Book Review: Foop! (2005)
- 15: Normal marginalia
- 14: Penile humor and the First Amendment
- 13: Arthur C. Clarke award
- 12: Springsteen marginalia
- 11: A different side of Bruce
- 10: Bruce and Starbucks
- 08: Book Review: Wonderdog (2004)
- 06: A bit more marginalia
- 05: Vonnegut makes court appearance – sort of
- 05: More marginalia
- 04: Notes and riffs
- 01: Blogcritics
- 01: A few of the best albums you never heard
- 01: Nebula Awards
- April 2005 (29)
- 30: Book Review: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- 30: Weekend marginalia
- 29: A 23-year-old Desert Island
- 28: The Desert Island discs
- 28: Twin Cities bookstores
- 27: Serenity not soon enough
- 26: More catch up notes
- 25: Book Review: The Atrocity Archives (2004)
- 25: Judicial elections
- 23: Periodical observations
- 20: Book Review: Leonardo da Vinci (2004)
- 20: Book Review: Sunstorm (2005)
- 20: Jottings and bookmarks
- 20: On the Brits and the Hugo Award
- 19: The Revealer
- 18: Devils and Dust
- 18: Tracks takes my check on “hiatus”
- 16: Google Print
- 16: Notes, riffs and bookmarks
- 14: SciFi v. LiFi
- 09: Happy happy joy joy
- 08: More on McEwan
- 06: Notes and bookmarks
- 04: Music’s power and McEwan
- 04: Pulitzer Prizes
- 03: Book Review: Saturday by Ian McEwan
- 02: Notes and riffs
- 02: More trouble for events center?
- 01: Schiavo
- March 2005 (15)
- 31: SF book awards
- 30: Grand slam
- 21: Schiavo legislation
- 21: Dylan’s Chronicles
- 19: FSN to the rescue
- 18: Collaborative creativity
- 17: Book Review: Articles of War (2005)
- 15: Notes and riffs
- 12: Book Review: The Society of Others (2005)
- 12: Not going through those Doors
- 10: Is this why I’m addicted to “Deadwood”?
- 10: A superfluous Link
- 08: U2 to Omaha
- 07: Stumbling around the web
- 05: Reinforcing my conclusions about politics
- February 2005 (17)
- 27: Daring the Argus to walk the walk
- 24: Janklow conviction affirmed
- 22: HST follow-up
- 21: SD blog observations
- 21: The King is Dead
- 18: Strange bedfellows, part 2
- 18: “Gannon,” Thune and Thune’s paid bloggers
- 14: South Dakota (Conservative) Public Broadcasting
- 12: Kate Looby
- 09: Quickies
- 04: Same sex marriage ban
- 04: Taking a stand
- 03: John Thune’s independent voice
- 02: A worthy State of the Union address
- 02: An honest State of the Union address
- 02: Abortion wars — Chapter 3
- 01: They’re connected how?
- January 2005 (27)
- 31: Abortion wars continue
- 27: Abortion wars begin
- 27: Thune good and bad
- 25: State gay marriage amendment
- 25: State and federal legislative notes
- 24: Boy, things are going well now!
- 22: Worth the time (catch up edition)
- 21: Inaugural “Freedom”
- 21: Principle in politics
- 19: Inauguration
- 14: Impressive
- 14: Missing the point
- 13: Inauguration statement of conscience
- 13: Worth the time (WMD edition)
- 12: Impeachment now
- 11: Worth the time
- 10: Go northward, middle-aged man?
- 09: PSA
- 08: Donation wars update
- 07: A goal for SD’s paid bloggers?
- 07: Donation wars?
- 07: Events/rec center follow-up
- 06: Worth the time
- 06: $120 million = Events center doom
- 04: The truth shall set you free
- 03: The next time you shop Wal-Mart
- 03: Worth the time
- December 2004 (18)
- 31: The Old Year/The New Year
- 29: If caught, sue
- 29: Where we spend our money
- 27: Tsunami
- 24: Examining the paid blogger defense
- 23: How ’bout that
- 23: Happy Festivus!
- 21: Thune v Thune
- 21: Google, copyright and technology
- 19: Rants in a minor key
- 19: School edition rant follow-up
- 17: Rant time — School edition
- 09: Thune v South Dakota
- 08: Ukraine update
- 07: A Buy Blue Christmas
- 04: Wanted on CD
- 02: Little old lady combatants
- 01: Who owns that blog?
- November 2004 (12)
- October 2004 (19)
- 31: ABCs of accountability
- 29: Hunter Thompson on Nixon and Bush
- 29: Irony
- 28: Strange bedfellows
- 26: Laughable
- 26: Oblivious
- 25: 9 good reasons to vote for Kerry
- 25: Of endorsements and choices
- 24: If you can only win one
- 22: October surprise hidden?
- 15: Sanction or reward?
- 14: Locating the mainstream
- 09: SFJB
- 07: Vote for Change on TV/radio
- 07: Kerry and Minnesota
- 06: Hope and patriotism
- 04: Bruce on the artist’s role
- 03: Why I support Amendment A – Part II
- 02: Why I support Amendment A – Part I
- September 2004 (38)
- 30: There she goes again
- 30: Blogging notes
- 30: The debate
- 28: Dylan
- 27: Oops
- 27: Bootleg decision
- 27: Why Kerry is in trouble
- 25: And now, for something important:
- 25: Iraq and the “War on Terror”
- 24: Another disheartening Herseth vote
- 23: Utter disrespect for legal rights
- 23: Clueless John
- 22: Worth the time
- 22: Is Kerry finally getting it?
- 22: Proud Liberal
- 21: God FAQ
- 21: Reality gaming
- 21: It’s about time
- 21: Go. Read.
- 20: Maureen Dowd
- 20: Daschle-Thune debate
- 20: A debacle
- 18: Red Willow
- 18: Keeping America safe
- 16: Accountability (Part II)
- 16: Worth the time
- 15: Accountability
- 14: Do as I say, not as I do
- 13: Those good ol’ Christian values
- 12: Running out of time
- 11: World Cup
- 11: My thoughts
- 10: Paul Krugman
- 09: Just so much stuff
- 05: Bush’s Words
- 05: Amendment A ignorance
- 04: A safer America?
- 01: Worth the time
- August 2004 (30)
- 31: Political platforms
- 31: Giuliani
- 30: The difficulty in being a Republican today
- 27: Better off?
- 27: Kudos
- 26: What Thune’s crew has done for us
- 26: Worth the time
- 25: Arundhati Roy on US elections and democracy
- 24: The American voter
- 22: Thune ad misleading
- 22: There goes that liberal media again
- 21: Tort reform and conservative “justice”
- 20: Worth the time (catch-up edition)
- 19: Apologizing before he goes
- 19: Survey sez: Politicizing terror works
- 18: Catching up
- 12: Secrecy, terror and politics
- 12: Dreams and reality
- 10: Worth the time
- 10: Way too scary
- 09: Argus article
- 08: Worth the time
- 07: Political Catholicism update
- 07: In need of a chill pill
- 06: Terror and politics
- 05: Bush tells truth
- 05: Bruce: Chords for Change
- 04: Thoughts on the Cheney visit
- 04: Bruuuce part of Vote for Change tour
- 03: Worth a look
- July 2004 (23)
- 31: If this isn’t political, what is?
- 31: The Argus-Leader’s self-inflicted wounds
- 30: Worth the time
- 30: Playing politics with terrorism
- 28: Today’s Warren Commission?
- 28: Jumping the shark?
- 27: Cage match on Fox
- 26: Odds and ends
- 26: Hitler as blogger follow-up
- 26: Hitler as a blogger
- 26: Musicians to unite against Bush?
- 23: Fears about Herseth prove true
- 20: South Dakotans for a Sound Society
- 19: More on Thune and gay marriage
- 19: Recommended manifesto
- 17: Drought prediction
- 14: Odds and ends
- 14: Rounds: Advocate for the religious right
- 13: The Catholic Church, Gov. Rounds and “balance”
- 09: Perspective
- 08: Thune and the gay marriage bogeyman
- 07: Digression on a Monster
- 07: Cheney “pleased” when caught in a lie
- June 2004 (16)
- 30: The detention decisions
- 26: Blistering Bush and crew
- 25: Farenheit 9-11
- 25: The Cheney decision
- 24: The other countdown to June 30
- 21: The oddities of the law
- 18: The guy can’t live without lying
- 18: Talking his way to indictment
- 17: Draft Bruce
- 11: ABCs for our time
- 10: Jose Padilla and civil liberties
- 07: Dubya owes Ronnie
- 03: Election reflections
- 03: Worth the time (Jose Padilla edition)
- 03: Report: Bush Knew About Leak of CIA Operative’s Name
- 01: Violating the law in the polling place
- May 2004 (22)
- 26: RIAA strikes in South Dakota
- 26: Unfortunately, a prime example of what’s wrong
- 25: Worth the time
- 24: Big lies, little lies and the fools who consume them
- 21: Instilling more faith in our anti-terrorism efforts
- 21: Torturing the rule of law
- 21: Follow up on Bush poll results
- 20: All not well for Bush in South Dakota?
- 20: Historians vs. George W. Bush
- 20: South Dakota political notes
- 19: Odds and Ends
- 15: Worth the time (Part 2)
- 14: Is the Catholic Church risking its tax-exempt status?
- 13: Guantanamo and the Supremes
- 11: Iraq, Guantanamo and enemy combatants
- 11: Worth the time (Part 1)
- 06: Electability and the “greater good” vs. principle
- 06: Crossing Stephanie Herseth off my list
- 04: Whisper, innuendo and slime
- 04: Two note samba
- 03: Hell freezes over
- 02: Liars on the left
- April 2004 (23)
- 29: The cloak of war
- 29: A circle of navel gazers
- 23: A variety of worthwhile reading
- 21: Giago Gone
- 16: Concepts of freedom
- 14: Press conference items
- 13: Odds and ends
- 12: More fair and balanced
- 11: Why he’s the liar-in chief
- 11: Blix’s book
- 11: PDB
- 10: Time to indict Condi?
- 10: Religion and our future
- 09: Appalling
- 09: I told ya so
- 08: Will the 2004 Election Be Called Off?
- 07: As Things Crumble
- 07: The proverbial straw?
- 07: Fair and balanced
- 06: Odds and ends
- 05: Democracy Now!
- 02: Ain’t this interesting
- 01: Just shoot me
- March 2004 (23)
- 31: Like a corkscrew to my heart
- 31: Make that a Grande’ screw-up
- 30: South Dakota’s Nader (or the nadir of a phony campaign?)
- 26: SD GOP discovers “secret” web page
- 26: What is this BS?
- 24: Scalia
- 24: No ‘effin duh?
- 23: Good job Tom
- 17: Hockey time
- 17: Death on the docket
- 17: War on information
- 16: Gee, I would have guessed more
- 16: Common sense prevails
- 14: Whisper, whisper?
- 12: I love this “ad”
- 11: Excellent question
- 09: Leave it to the military
- 08: Suggested items
- 08: Go away Dick!
- 05: Just what we need
- 03: Way to go Minnesota!
- 03: More on gay marriage
- 03: Ben brings Kos up to speed
- February 2004 (10)
- 26: Ditto to Atrios
- 26: Did Stephanie step in it or don’t out-of-state bloggers understand SD politics?
- 24: Book recommendation
- 24: The “hottie” focus continues
- 23: The bad SciFi motif
- 23: Another South Dakota congressional comment
- 23: G@dd##$it Tom!
- 14: Taking its toll
- 11: Still vastly outnumbered
- 08: If he only had a brain
- January 2004 (6)
- December 2003 (5)
- November 2003 (9)
- October 2003 (22)
- 28: It’s about time, Tom
- 28: Black is White, Day is Night
- 26: The poets of my generation
- 22: Proving the point
- 16: I see, the devil made ‘em do it
- 16: That secrecy obsession
- 16: Congrats to Stars and Stripes
- 15: Bring It On, Part II?
- 15: The Big Time?
- 09: Military drops Gitmo agreement for journalists
- 09: Just plain scary
- 09: Coping with reality by ignoring it
- 08: That secrecy thing
- 08: Yeah, and 70% think Saddam had something to do with 9-11
- 08: Want truth? Watch where the money’s going
- 08: The effect of burning your bridges
- 04: Since journalism is a recent topic
- 03: Plamegate a distraction?
- 03: People are slow learners but
- 02: Trying to have it both ways
- 01: Reporters’ conundrum and the law
- 01: Freudian slip?
- September 2003 (19)
- 30: So where was the media before?
- 26: Time for the important stuff
- 26: No WMD raises additional concerns
- 24: Tell me it ain’t so
- 21: Maybe I’m not so alone
- 20: The Great Dissipation
- 20: Is it any wonder they’re called liars?
- 17: Getting caught in their own lies
- 17: Number one (too bad it’s with bullets)
- 17: They’re just now figuring this out?
- 16: Busy Reading
- 16: Liars and their continuing lies
- 13: Books For Soldiers
- 12: Wrapping themselves in the flag
- 11: They have no decency
- 10: Totally oblivious
- 10: Opus is comin’ back
- 10: The road from 9-11
- 09: Dubya and crew did it
