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Booking Through Thursday: Inspiration

Since “Inspiration” is (or should) the theme this week … what is your reading inspired by?

To a certain extent, it’s that line: “So many books, so little time.” Reading has been one of my favorite pastimes for as long as I can remember and there’s just so many books I want to read […]

Midweek Music Moment: Terry Kath

When Rolling Stone announced its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003, there were plenty of letters and comments complaining about artists excluded (and some who were included). Yet there was one wholly inexcusable omission — Terry Kath.

Kath was the lead guitarist of Chicago until his untimely (and foolish) death […]

Music Review: Springsteen’s Working on a Dream

As with his last release, Bruce Springsteen’s Working on a Dream, set for release next week, leaked to the internet. That isn’t all that surprising given the existence of advance review copies and, among other things, NPR will begin streaming the entire album just before midnight tonight.

As a result of the leak, I had […]

Musing Mondays: Sickness and injury

How does your being sick (or injured) affect your reading? Do you read more? Less? Do you pick out a different book than you had already planned? Do you have a “comfort book” that makes you feel better?

Most of the time if I’m sick I end up reading less, either because I don’t […]

Weekend Edition: 1-17

Random Observations

It’s nice to know there are still real heroes. And my guess is one of his first comments will be, “I was just doing my job.”

Back in the day when I was a paperboy (and had to deliver in 6 feet of snow, uphill both ways), there was both the Minneapolis Star […]