I've finished three books recently, all new ones to me, and all three were worth my time. The first was The Greatest Game Ever Played, a golf story about the 1913 US Open. This book was subsequently made into a movie, and one can easily understand why even after hearing only the synopsis. Francis Ouimet, … Continue reading Three Books
Month: May 2006
Jack Bauer, Mass Murderer
Okay, so presumably he's killing bad guys within the context of his job as a federal agent or whatever, but this is still a pretty high body count for only five days. Wouldn't you say?
Google me this
An interesting article about the history and direction of Google, that company which is rapidly becoming the next Microsoft in many ways. As far as I can tell, this is a pretty good history of Google, hitting the important points. While I don't agree with all of his conclusions and opinions, the author does have … Continue reading Google me this
I’d like the hand grenade meal with my burger.
Several times this year.
Excerpts Promised
Long, long ago (almost a month now) I promised to supply a couple excerpts from All I Survey. Right, here you go.From On Fictional Conventions:Again and again, the modern reader may read a sentence like this: "Peter had already noticed a smiling, blue-eyed girl, with a bright, shingled head, slip in among the new-comers, suspected … Continue reading Excerpts Promised
Bookly Things
I don't think I'm going to quite match last month's total of 19, but I should finish one or two more books this month to reach 17 or 18. Respectable enough. Ah, for the lost opportunities of January.The only book I've read recently that was new to me was Dixie Betrayed by David Eicher, and, … Continue reading Bookly Things
Books
Re-read The Amazing Power of Ashur Fine, which was one of my favourite books as a youth. It is a book aimed at rather young readers, but the concept was one with which I was quite enamoured. Wouldn't make a bad movie, really. The author, Donald Sobol, is the same guy that wrote the Encyclopedia … Continue reading Books
Excerpt from a letter
As the chair of the Information School's Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Admissions Committee....I'm sorry to inform you that we will not be able to offer you admission for autumn 2006.
World Record 100m Time
So you run all out, cross the line in first place and turn to look at the clock and see... a new World Record! How great must that feel? Pretty great, I bet.Then, five days later, your phone rings...
Danger + Opportunity
You know that story about how the Chinese word for crisis includes the characters for both danger and opportunity? False. I always hated that story even when I thought it was true.
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