November 2008 Books
“Main Street (Signet Classics)” (Sinclair Lewis) “White Apples” (Jonathan Carroll) “The Forever War” (Joe Haldeman)
Month: November 2008
Hells Yeah!!
Not much more to say after that – other than he is mad true, yo!
Perspective
When talking about billions or trillions of dollars, it helps to have some perspective: If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars. People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so let’s give this some context. The current Credit Crisis bailout is now the largest outlay In …
Links for Edifiyin’ & Intelligensifyin’
This is an awesome archive of old films. Unfortunately they don’t allow for embedding, but check out the old time erotica, or a science fiction short from 1909 , or watch cowboys take Broadway by storm in one of John Ford’s earliest movies, or (cause you know you want to) check out some more old …
And the moon is always gibbous
I’ve been reading a bunch of HP Lovecraft’s stories recently, plowing my way through the second of three Omnibus collections but out by Grafton Books in the mid-80s. For teen boys of a certain type—namely geeks those into science fiction and horror—Lovecraft is a name to conjure by. There is something about Lovecraft’s writing that …
A Small Rant
When in the world did I become “Pete” to any number of people? Yes there have always been a few people who called me that, mostly my brother, my father and Jon R., but lately it seems that everyone I know from high school and have been reconnecting with since I got on Facebook and …
Wandering the Tower – An Academic Romance, Part 2
(Link to Part 1) Today is grey and rainy. I’m up early and listening to Pandora.com’s David Sylvian radio station (thanks to John for the recommendation of Sylvian’s work) and wondering where I should start this next entry regarding my romance with academia and grad schools. Throughout the week, I’ve started and discarded a number …
A Week of Pictures – Friday
The last in this week’s series of photos. I am considering keeping this habit going, though I might not post them here every day. By trying to find an interesting image on a daily basis, I found myself paying a bit more attention to the here and now of my surroundings. Considering my tendancy to …
A Week of Pictures – Thursday
Today’s picture: Steps to the Arcade