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Marginalia, dicta and miscellany

Taking a break from J.A.I.L., here’s a few recent items of interest:

As Rick over at The Agony Column broadens his review subjects, he looks at Karen Armstrong’s latest (which has been added to my “wish list”). Barnes & Noble has launched an online site to sell your used books, although it appears to be […]

Linkage and dicta

New York magazine takes a look at a “new generation of conspiracy theorists” drawn to the events of 9/11. (Via Arts & Letters Daily). The Online Computer Library Center has posted its 2005 list of the 1,000 books most owned by its member libraries. (Via boingboing). The shortlist for the 2006 Hugo Award for best […]

Weekend linkage and marginalia

A little bit of catch up. A variety of things, including the college tournament games (no, not basketball — the WCHA and CCHA tournaments), had me occupied. Book reviews forthcoming as all the J.A.I.L. stuff cleared up the writer’s block.

“Lilly Munster” sent an e-mail to let me know about a new South Dakota blog. […]

Footnotes and dicta

Struggles continue with the book review muse despite my obligations to publishers and other web sites. Perhaps the first item indicates the muse has been distracted by all the abortion rhetoric.

This headline on the local daily’s business page jumped out at me this morning: “Semen tax bill signed by Rounds.” The bill deals with […]

Dicta and marginalia

A wee bit of writer’s block so here’s some worthwhile transitional links as I try to move from the political/topical to getting a couple book reviews done.

Slate takes a look at South Dakota and J.A.I.L. In light of my last post on the connection between J.A.I.L. and abortion, I found it interesting that Slate […]