My local library branch now has a graphic novel section. I was astonished, really. While I can understand why they put it in the “young adult” section, they may want to reconsider their filing, considering they had Watchmen filed there as well, and that is anything but a children’s tale. I thought about flipping it […]
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Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
Amazon link Similar to the Evanovich books, when I saw the latest Terry Pratchett at the library, I grabbed it and read it. As usual, it’s clever and funny, but not particularly memorable.
More Evanovich
Ten Big Ones and Metro Girl, by Janet Evanovich I like Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, so when I saw the latest one in the library, I picked it up. And Metro Girl is the start of a possible new series. I liked Ten Big Ones better than Metro Girl – the Stephanie Plum antics are […]
What I’m doing with my week off
Before I spend more time interpreting an obscure French philosopher, I’m going to take a day off from serious posting, and do a general journal-type post. To wit, what I’m doing with my week off between jobs. I’d originally considered going and taking a trip or something like that, but decided I had too many […]
Politics of Nature part 3
Okay, I said yesterday that part 2 would end my book review, but I lied. There is one crucial aspect of Latour’s book that I didn’t cover yet. To review, part 1 essentially covered chapters 1 and 2, part 2 covered chapters 3 and 4, and today we’ll cover chapter 5, which covers how to […]
Politics of Nature part 2
Continuing yesterday’s summary of Politics of Nature, by Bruno Latour. Today’s subject: Latour’s proposal for a “Constitution” on how we construct reality in a democratic fashion via due process, one that cuts across science and politics and multiculturalists and facts and values. I’m going to sketch out the process first, and then go back and […]
Politics of Nature, by Bruno Latour
Amazon link I started this book more than a month ago, as I mentioned at the end of this post. It’s incredibly dense. I don’t think I could have even started on it without having been trapped on that crowded bus with no other options for a few hours. Even once I got started, it […]
Classical mashups
Last week, I read this Chronicle article about the growing popularity of mashups,where DJs take different songs and meld them together. I’ve listened to the Sixx Mixx when I happen to be in the car, and I like it a lot. I may be looking for more places to download such stuff, besides Party Ben’s […]
Haydn’s Harmoniemesse
I’ll get to the Latour tomorrow I think. But it was time to update the chorus page with the latest concert reviews, as well as funny stories from this week’s concert of Haydn’s Harmoniemesse.
Crime pays, or why people suck
Two days ago, a woman was mugged at 6pm about 50 yards from my front door. My friend and I were walking up the hill from dinner when we heard a commotion up ahead – about half a block up, two black men ran across the street and jumped in a car, chased by a […]
