Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Ferdinand the Submariner Bull

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The October, 2009 Naval History magazine has an article by British submariner Rear Admiral Sir David Scott, recounting his experiences patro...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Burying the lede

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The New York Times carried an article, A Library's Approach to Books that Offend by Alison Leigh Cowan on August 19, 2009. While the art...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

One of America's Stories

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A story in the August 23, 2009 New York Times - A Georgia County Shares a Tale of One Man’s Life and Death by Drew Jubera.
Saturday, August 22, 2009

Canada in a thong

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From the August 24, 2009 New Yorker , an article "Laugh, Kookabura" by David Sedaris. For an American, though, Australia seems pr...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Chandler and The Simple Art of Murder

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Speaking of Chandler, I have a number of times come across reference to what was apparently a seminal essay by him, The Simple Art of Murder...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Quotable Chandler

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I only came across Raymond Chandler in the past five years and have scooped up everything I can find of his. I really enjoy his rich, descri...
Sunday, August 16, 2009

When stories are the story

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An interesting article in the June 1, 2009 edition of the New Yorker, It's Spreading; Outbreaks, media scares, and the parrot panic of 1...

Can the Kindle really improve on the book?

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In the August 3rd, 2009 edition of the New Yorker, Nicholson Baker has an article A New Page Can the Kindle really improve on the book? He c...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Pets

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I begin this Pigeon Post essay on pets having just walked downstairs to let the boxer dog, Merlin, out the back door and with a twelve-week ...