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Weekend Edition: 1-10

Random Observations

Kudos to Esquire magazine for picking Gerard Baker as the “headliner” from South Dakota when it sought “wisdom and advice” from someone in each state. Who is Gerard Baker? He is the first Native American superintendent of Mt. Rushmore National Memorial.

Further displaying my ignorance in economics, why is reduction in consumer […]

Weekend Edition: 1-3

Random Observations

Thanks to Todd Epp for bestowing a Lifetime Achievement Award on my blog. My only concern is that those types of awards usually go to people who have retired from their particular field or died.

Likewise, thanks to John at SF Signal for including my 2008 “best of” books post in their listings, […]

Weekend Edition: 12-27

A lazy week personally and in the blogosphere as a whole leads to a very abbreviated edition this weekend.

Bulletin Board

My personal best of the year posts in music and books will be up probably Tuesday and Wednesday

Bookish Linkage

Hmmmm, library porn.

Nonbookish Linkage

Somehow I missed this when the issue was released […]

Weekend edition: 12-20

Bulletin Board

Don’t forget. Tuesday is Festivus!!!!!

Bookish Linkage

The National Book Critics Circle has revamped its web site and blog.

The Words Without Borders staff picks their favorites of the year.

What I called scifi v. lifi is evidently now a trope — which can also be reversed.

Nonbookish Linkage

Create your own NPR […]

Weekend Edition: 12-13

Random Observations

Why You Should Never Say Never, Chapter 1: After dissing them forever, I joined the CrackBerry world with the new Storm.

Why You Should Never Say Never, Chapter 2: Eighteen months after joining Facebook, I finally put stuff up there.

Bookish Linkage

What, men lie to impress women?!? Who would believe that? Of […]