Good versus evil. Struggles of faith. These have been themes of literature for centuries, if not from the first time humankind told stories. In fact, the best-selling book of all time — the Bible — is built on these themes. In the brilliant and disturbing A Prayer for the Dying, Stewart O’Nan brings an Old […]
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Here’s one of those wonderful places where technology can enhance tradition. In connection with Memorial Day weekend, Sean Askay, an innovative Google Earth developer, has launched Map the Fallen. Using Google Earth 5.0, you can view a map of the United States that shows where each of the more than 5,700 American and Coalition […] Achievement Awards Blog headline of the week: Kindle Bloggers Become Amazon’s Bitches. Tell us what you really think: UK auto writer says of new Honda, “It’s the first car I’ve ever considered crashing into a tree, on purpose, so I didn’t have to drive it any more.” Bookish Linkage What would a trip be without […] They’re a cyberspace scourge, technology’s version of a pestilence. And there’s no real cure. The sad fact is spammers are here to stay. Yet just as diseases have varying degrees of menace from, say, the common cold to the plague, the same is true of spammers. The common cold are the idiots who fill our […] Being a lawyer, I generally think truth might be a defense to one lawyer calling another one a jackass. But the “yo’ momma” retort does go over the line (as does a touch of battery.) I think I take a bit of pride in scoring less than 50 percent in the Infamous Lawsuits Quiz. (Via.) […] |
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