August 10, 2007
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I read Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood when it first came out. My mother had read the excerpts in the New Yorker and went out and bought the book practically the first day it was on sale, and when she … Continue reading
August 4, 2007
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The past few days I have been feeling really good. And feeling that more good things are right around the corner. My health is improving, my outlook is brighter and the worries of the recent past seem to be fading. … Continue reading
July 30, 2007
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I am a late-comer to a lot of things my kids take for granted (or have used since practically Day One). I find this amusing, since I was the one who got them a computer when they were really young … Continue reading
July 23, 2007
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My book arrived at 10:30 Saturday morning. Alas, I had already agreed to make the ultimate sacrifice and go to F’zer’s company picnic that day, so I didn’t actually get to start reading till about 4:30pm. (But hey, we won … Continue reading
July 19, 2007
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Seems odd to think that after Saturday there will no longer be a world in which people didn’t know how the Harry Potter story would end. When I first started working at the library, the staff decorated their table at … Continue reading
July 13, 2007
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Like many people, my level of expertise varies widely, subject by subject. Get me going on ancient history and I’ll talk your ear off, with references. Ditto American history of the mid 20th century and later (heck, I lived through … Continue reading
July 8, 2007
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I’ve just gotten started on this, and it’s already one of the most satisfying books I’ve read all year. Hope you’ll recommend my posts via your favorite social media. Just don’t copy the material as your own.
July 8, 2007
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Not one single song-lyrics site has the words to Arlo Guthrie’s “Presidential Rag” correct. They must all be feeding off each other, because they all have the exact same mistakes. And the transcriptions have obviously been done by someone who … Continue reading
July 4, 2007
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My final two years in high school, we lived in a little armpit town called Beatrice (“Bee-ATT-riss”) Nebraska. My dad had been teaching at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, and its president Millard “Doc Bob” Roberts was hoping to expand … Continue reading
July 2, 2007
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Lethal injections in Texas, pats on the back in Washington. This is justice of the Buford T. kind. I, for one, am utterly disgusted. Hope you’ll recommend my posts via your favorite social media. Just don’t copy the material as … Continue reading
