|
With the weekend and holiday approaching and putting things on the agenda, time for another installment of marginalia, with this one all over the board. More substantive posts, including a couple book reviews, will be forthcoming between now and yearend.
It appears Rapid City might get a hockey team in the next year and a […]
Today is/was the Carl Sagan blog-a-thon. My participation on the designated date will be limited to this as I am in the midst of The Varieties of Scientific Experience. It is a version of his 1985 presentations on “The Search for Who We Are” at the Gifford Lectures on Natural Theology edited by his […]
What began as a relatively brief midweek collection of items that caught my attention morphed into a much longer list as the week progressed.
A hat tip to Scott Esposito at Conversational Reading for one of the most innovative books of the year lists. Jenny Davidson at Light Reading also gets a nod for starting […]
Looks like I wasn’t the only one impressed by Nobel Prize laureate Orhan Pamuk’s lecture at the awards ceremony Thursday. Encyclopedia Britannica’s Britannica Blog calls it “a rich, engaging, and moving text.” From the sublime to the borderline ridiculous or else from Turkey and literature to America and popular culture. What is this year’s […]
Congrats to Bud Parr at Chekhov’s Mistress for his undoubtedly well-deserved Google ranking. All of us who belong to MetaxuCafe are proud of you. And let’s not forget my friend MinusCar also has a nice #1 Google ranking himself. Leighanna at the University of Nebraska Press blog has a nice post on why science […]
|
Disclaimer
Additionally, some links on this blog go to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. There is no additional cost to you.
Contact me You can e-mail me at prairieprogressive at gmaildotcom.
|