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The Plague by Albert Camus

September 18, 2011

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Fails the Bechdel test / Bloviations writ large / Not bad plane reading

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Metered-Out Twee

June 11, 2011

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Vintage-y office supplies that aren’t too precious

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Flannery O’Connor: Wise Blood

June 4, 2011

Sweetness within

Do we become man-struggling-with-faith Hazel Motes while reading Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood?

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Bernard Shaw: On the Prospects of Christianity

November 4, 2010

Ye Olde Gutenberg Bible

The preface to Bernard Shaw’s Androcles and the Lion is a recommended read for anyone not terribly familiar with the Bible. Shaw’s exegesis is funny, dry, and sociohistorically illuminating — and still relevant today. Plus, the play’s pretty funny, too.

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The Questions Still Matter, 75 Years Later

September 9, 2010

St. Petersburg's Alexander Column

At the 1934 First Congress of Soviet Writers, Olesha asks questions of the new young men of socialism.

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Sam Tsui’s dulcet iTunes

September 9, 2010

YouTube sensation Sam Tsui ‘1Y1 has recently released an original single on iTunes.

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I Stole My Best Friend’s CDs in May 2002

July 19, 2010

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I made a MiniDisc mix in May of 2002 using my best friend’s CDs. Here are the tracks!

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Susan Boyle sings Wild Horses

December 31, 2009

Phenom Susan Boyle covers Wild Horses, a song originally introduced to me by The Sundays.

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Pablo Neruda’s Childhood And Poetry

December 12, 2009

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Pablo Neruda’s essay “Childhood and Poetry” shares with its readers an anecdote illuminating the beauty of human interdependence.

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