Lewis Thomas on computers
In 1974 or so, Lewis Thomas wrote an interesting essay titled “Computers,” which he reprinted in his book The Lives... (More...)
In 1974 or so, Lewis Thomas wrote an interesting essay titled “Computers,” which he reprinted in his book The Lives... (More...)
I liked this bit from The Good Wife (season 1, ep 14, “Hi”): Cary: I can't help it, you know,... (More...)
I've been collecting Gilmore Girls quotes as I rewatch the series, and some day I hope to put together (I... (More...)
I was thinking about this poem the other day, in the context of certain kinds of human interactions. No time... (More...)
Mary Anne and I were discussing coincidence in story plots, and this quote came to mind but I couldn't quite... (More...)
Maynard Moose's story “Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa” just came up in iTunes. I was especially tickled by this bit,... (More...)
Sometimes around this time of year, we need a little hope to carry us through to brighter days. Here are... (More...)
An exchange between Karen and Jeremiah reminded me of this line: You bring up your children to be self-reliant and... (More...)
Nice quote: The problem with all-powerful conspiracies on serialized TV shows is that, inevitably, they have to be defeated by... (More...)
Happened across this while looking up something else: But being a dissenter from orthodoxy is not difficult; the hard part... (More...)
Back in March, I watched the original Pink Panther movie, and didn't like it much. But it did include a... (More...)
Encountered this a while back on rathergood.com; no idea whether it's by them or by someone else: And the princess... (More...)
Cute quote: When I talk of my laziness, it only applies to the writing of prose. I have often sat... (More...)
Still reading Jane Eyre, but getting near the end. I think that the following, as a response to a marriage... (More...)
Any minute now, I'm going to get up and finish the last of my packing for WisCon. Leaving for the... (More...)
Years ago, back in the Usenet days, someone used to have as their .signature a verse that I quite liked;... (More...)
Dropped Jim off at the airport yesterday morning. Picked up groceries, came home, worked at home. Today, intended to go... (More...)
Just heard Bernice Johnson Reagon on NPR, talking about, among other things, her experience (as part of the Civil Rights... (More...)
The opportunity of a Western is that it takes issues of our culture—conflict, racial conflict, economic injustice, what is... (More...)
"[W]hat with little sleep and much reading his brains got so dry that he lost his wits." —Don Quixote, chapter... (More...)
I'm reading William Tenn's 1958 story "Eastward Ho!" (as reprinted in the 60th-anniversary volume The Very Best of Fantasy &... (More...)
Nice line from an article about Steven Soderbergh's films: [...] nearly every heist movie—predicated on an elaborate and improbable plan... (More...)
I was watching Gilmore Girls while entering subs into the database tonight, and encountered this exchange: Doyle: Man, I hate... (More...)
The Short Sisters' version of "It's a Pleasure to Know You" just came up on iTunes as I was packing,... (More...)
Recently came across an interesting footnote about tourism (specifically about Americans being tourists in small-town or rural America) in David... (More...)
Way back in late 2000 or early 2001, Palo Alto mainstay Stacey's Bookstore was having a going-out-of-business sale, and Nao... (More...)
As Robert Benchley once said: Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is... (More...)
Cute bit from Overheard in New York: The United Nations, Encapsulated Dude #1: They have been underestimating my power. Dude... (More...)
I'm most of the way through re-reading the original Earthsea trilogy. This morning, came across a line I particularly liked:... (More...)
Found while trying to decide whether to keep various paperbacks from among my father's books: It is not always a... (More...)
Peter Dickinson is probably best known in sf circles for the fictional-science book The Flight of Dragons and the kids'... (More...)
Another thing I just found in old email. Dirge Without Music by Edna St. Vincent Millay; from The Buck in... (More...)
Just came across this tidbit in old email. In the Pogo comic strip dated 13 December 1951, Churchy and Albert... (More...)
Sometimes people complain that the word polyamory is a mix of Latin and Greek roots. I've been known to make... (More...)
I've finished Mansfield Park, which I'll write more about later, and have started Northanger Abbey, which contains more lively and... (More...)
Vardibidian's comments on The Elements of Style indirectly brought to mind George Orwell's 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language."... (More...)
Just came across something I posted to a mailing list back in mid-1999; thought it was worth recycling as a... (More...)
Noted in passing: got spam this morning from one Ereshkigal Browne. Who knew that the goddess of the underworld had... (More...)
A conversation with Karen M. the other night somehow came 'round to the Transcendentalists, which reminded me of one of... (More...)
Someone's mention of Gormenghast reminded me that I didn't especially like Titus Groan (the first book) but that it did... (More...)
I can't find my book darts, so here's another commonplace-book entry: Dear me, dancing is peculiar when you really think... (More...)
I see no reason not to use a journal as, among other things, a commonplace book. So I'll quote two... (More...)