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Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes The magical land of NRAnia (“In this land, guns do not kill people. People kill people. Guns are suspiciously present at a number of these incidents, but their friends swear that they were not involved. They just have bad timing[.]”) Batshit Craziness of the Week A Tennessee man took […] Bookish Linkage George Orwell’s review of one of my Desert Island Books, Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon (via) Evidently a writer’s advance is subject to seizure if his book has the same name as the terrorist organization he’s writing about Please stop writing memoirs Amazing Stories, Hugo Gernsback’s groundbreaking SF magazine, has […] Bulletin Board So the NHL has ended the walk-out and begins play today. Screw ’em. The NHL’s not getting my money for the Center Ice package or anything else this year. When millionaires fight billionaires, I’m more than happy to stick with watching junior and college hockey. Blog Headline of the Week Ravens QB Flacco […] Bulletin Board You need to check out the library’s new digital access to popular magazines for your smartphone, laptop or desktop. I’ve been playing with it for a couple weeks and think it’s great. Interesting Reading Happy New Year? You’ve got to be kidding (“The blogosphere is a handy symptom of the pervasive cognitive and […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead (“All of these studies tell the same story: Gasoline lead is responsible for a good share of the rise and fall of violent crime over the past half century.”) Bookish Linkage It took the NYT until January 3 to determine “the best book you’ll […] |
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