Tonight I returned a book to the library because of an allergic reaction. Apparently, my respiratory system took issue with the previous reader’s favorite perfume. I will most likely buy the book instead of endangering my existence but … what a silly experience. The good news is that I discovered a Connie Willis book I [...]
Category Archives: Notes
EoE Favorite Quotes
18 November 2009 – 5:28 pm
At the beginning of Part 2, Steinbeck’s narrator goes on about how horrible the 19th century was, glad it is over, time to wash our hands of it and start fresh. But he repeats this lovely bit before moving on to the thirteenth chapter: Oh, but strawberries will never taste so good again and the [...]
Ramblin’
26 March 2009 – 11:57 am
Under new management but with previous bad experiences behind me, I decided to give the new barber in town a chance. This town is small enough that no matter where you go you are in the company of somebody you know or a relative of somebody you know, so I sat down and chatted with [...]
Hanging for the Homeless
30 November 2007 – 5:30 pm
It was a collision of sorts. My favorite digital information-not-necessarily-news feed, Coudal Partners, posted a link about 450 stolen kegs of beer in Dublin followed by my brother sending me the linked story. (Really, did you think I wouldn’t notice the ripple effect in the Force?) To the thieves it probably seemed like a good [...]
