Your Humble Blogger has a bit of a weakness, I’m afraid, for historical novels. Too much Mary Renault when young, perhaps. I’ve read some lovely books, and some dreadful ones, and quite a few dull ones. Philippa Gregory’s The Virgin’s…
Your Humble Blogger has had a couple of interesting conversations recently about wordless picture books. The local library is considering putting up a display, or perhaps a permanent section, and so the topic came up, and I thought I would…
Your Humble Blogger is generally late on the stuff that goes around the internet, so y’all probably already know about this company Shaïwear that is selling its clothes with Internet porn. I was surprised, though. I mean, it is the…
Your Humble Blogger is behind in Book Reports, although no further behind than in actual blog notes. Not that for actual blog notes I am actually behind anything, as I don’t have a long list of things that I am…
As Your Humble Blogger is a fan of Tom Stoppard’s plays, I greatly enjoyed reading Revolution in the Head, by Neal Ascherson, a feature in the Guardian about the new play. The play is set in Czechoslovakia, and Mr. Ascherson…
Your Humble Blogger lives (at the moment) in the great state of Connecticut, which is generating a good deal of political chitchat at the present time. Looking at it from a game theory point of view, the matter is quite…
So. Charlie gets on at Kendall, heading for Jamaica Plains, which is already a little suspect, as far as I’m concerned. OK, things were different in those days, and he probably wasn’t headed down to J.P. to get Brazilian food,…
Your Humble Blogger has seen a lot of hoo-hah this week about the high-pitched ring-tone that supposedly is beyond the frequency that grown-ups can hear, but will be audible to teenagers. Now, I understand that high-tech hoo-hah is and of…
Gentle Reader Irilyth asked for Your Humble Blogger’s opinion on rhetoric, to contrast (I think) with somebody’s idea that rhetoric is evil. I don’t want to pretend to argue for Irilyth’s friend, since I have no idea what his actual…
Michael, that Gentlest of Readers responded to my plea for inspiration thusly: Tell me a story about anniversaries, please. Gentle Readers will be aware that I am attached to annual remembrances and observances. Today, for instance, is Flag Day, and…