Month: July 2009

Interesting Review and Great Last Line

Dinitia Smith wrote an interesting review of A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias. I’m generally not keen on books dealing with the slow decline of someone facing terminal illness, but this review piqued my interest. And the last line of the piece is a pretty cool encapsulation of the book and it’s achievement: “in the…

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A Little Bit of Everything

Publishers Marketplace lists an eye-catching book deal that seems to include just about everything. Check out the announcement: “Joanne Herring’s THE WOMAN BEHIND CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR: The Extraordinary True Story of the Real Joanne Herring and how Brains, Beauty, Faith and Cleavage Confronted Communism and Changed the World, from the woman known as the Houston…

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I’ve Joined the Kindle Generation

So over the weekend, I broke in my new Kindle. I know that I’m awfully late to the party and all, but hey, I’m still not entirely sure this whole “world wide web” thing is going to last. So you’ll have to forgive me for being a bit tardy. I can’t say the Kindle is…

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An Author and His Sleep

USA Today has an interesting article about author George Dawes Green and his rare sleep condition that affects less than 2% of the population.

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Back to a Normal 98 Degree Body Temperature, or Why I Just Spent $23.95 for Music I Don’t Know if I Will Like, and the Importance of Being Cool to Everyone

I got home late last night, soaked in about twelve ice baths, watched a marathon of Ice Road Truckers, and stored my contact lenses in the freezer to give them a nice chill before wearing. And I think I’m finally back to a normal body temperature. I spent the weekend attending the 2009 edition of…

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