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I’ll admit it. My predisposition (okay, bias) was that I wouldn’t like Annette Gilson’s novel, New Light. First, she is professor of creative writing and “contemporary literature.” It may be unfair, but I tend to think such authors write with more flourish and exposition than necessary, as if demonstrating their “expertise” to their students. Then, […] Posting will be sporadic in the near future as travel and related matters will leave me with limited or no internet access. Thus, a few parting tidbits: PC World gives us the 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time. I admit that I have dealt with those ranked 1 (AOL), 2 (Real Player), 4 (Windows […] Via A Moderate from South Dakota I learn that the National Review Online (sorry, not on my reading list) has compiled a list of the 50 greatest conservative rock songs. Reviewing the list raised my eyebrows. Some of the selections make sense but a couple display the different views different people can take on music. […] Imagine if the only way you can help a loved one is to lie to the police, say the person threatened your life and hope they are arrested. That’s a situation an untold number of Americans face every day. As journalist Pete Earley explores in Crazy, America’s jails and prisons are its new mental institutions. […] Various links and marginalia accumulated over the last week or so: It took Chad at Clean Cut Kid to bring to my attention that today is Bob Dylan’s 65th birthday. I join Chad in saying happy birthday Bob and add wishes for many, many more. My MinusCar friend got a visitor via one of the […] As we’re growing up there’s certain milestones we anticipate. Mostly these are certain birthdays (some with glee, some with dread), graduations and the like. Today is a milestone for me that, quite frankly, probably never entered my mind until a few years ago. Today, my wife and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. While […] |
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