Tuesday, December 9, 2008

This and That

Just some stuff I've been thinking and reading about:

  • Oprah has caused a shortage of Kindles.  So don't even think of giving one for Christmas if you haven't already purchased it.
  • Auditions for the YouTube symphony orchestra are being accepted.
  • Truman is getting to be a Big Dog:truman (Thanks for the picture dad!)
  • Lost Oscar Wilde manuscripts and letters have been found.  Scholars, start your engines ...
  • I'm laughing at Pride and Prejudice as reported by the characters in their Facebook updates.  (There's one for Hamlet too.  But the idea of Jane Austen and her VERY social characters on facebook just strikes me as funnier.)
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October Reading

I found myself very impatient in my reading this month and it was in general unsatisfactory.  This may partly be because I was traveling for...

  • What's the story?
    A long time ago, I don't remember the year but it must have been at least thirty-five years ago, I went on a sightseeing trip to Hanniba...
  • Streaming a River of Old TV
    Via Alyssa Rosenberg I read a Tim Carmody article about how Netflix and Amazon Prime streaming both are offering full seasons of old telev...
  • Middlemarch by George Eliot
    Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot is one of those classics of English Literature that show up on most "you must r...