Hitherby
Back in May, I posted some links to a few entries at Hitherby Dragons. I still haven't gone back to...
Archive for Books
Outline of Narnian history, plus nitpicking
I'm continuing to re-read the Narnia books. Will have more to say about that sooner or later, but for now,...
R.I.P., Robert Sheckley
Most of you who would care know by now that sf author Robert Sheckley died a week ago. It's been...
Review: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Narnia movie was splendid. I went into it with very high hopes and a lot of trepidation. The hopes...
Boxing up the books
I've abandoned my original plan to spend this weekend doing a triage pass on Peter's books to get rid of a bunch of them before shipping them to my place; instead, I'm boxing them all up to mail, and I'll sort them at my leisure at home.
Things that have made me laugh this morning
The morning's just barely begun, and already two things have made me laugh:
Kepler’s saved!
Kepler's Books will be reopening this weekend! They renegotiated the lease. The new business plan (according to the Palo Alto...
Busy
And another weekend flies by, just like that. I have lots of things to post, but keep not having time...
Thoreau on journaling
A conversation with Karen M. the other night somehow came 'round to the Transcendentalists, which reminded me of one of...
Robot librarian
According to the New York Times, Johns Hopkins is developing "a robot that can move about inside a library and...
Dept. of totally charming
I finally managed to hook up my PowerBook's DVD player to my TV. Works nicely. On the Spy Kids DVD...
Leonard I
I said, "They ended up watching Get Shorty. I've seen it twice, but I stayed for the opening. Ten minutes,...