September 2011
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Book & Cover Design 50/50 of 2010
Well, this collection of books had me drooling, that’s for sure. Below are some of my faves from the list, breathtaking to see in the store…
EUROEVERYTHING by Eduardo Galeano
On his deathbead, Copernicus published the book that founded modern astronomy.
Three centuries before, Arab scientists Mu’ayyad al-Din al-‘Urdi and Nasir al-Din had come up with the theorems crucial to that development. Copernicus used their theorems but did not cite the source.
Europe looked in the mirror and saw the world.
Beyond that lay nothing.
The three inventions that made...
Joys of a dictionary...
I just went to look something up in an actual dictionary, something I haven’t done in a while, and here’s what I learned:
Hollywood, as a noun describing the American motion-picture industry, came into usage in 1923. A mere 5 years later, in 1928, it became an adjective as well, representing a certain lifestyle or a type of ending. Didn’t take long, did it?
Usually I use...
“Google is so strange. It promises everything, but everything isn’t there....”
– There But For The (galley version)
by Ali Smith
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The Fire This Time: Los Angeles Review of Books
“This is the fundamental truth about terrorism in all its forms: these are not acts in pursuit of a political end; they are symbolic statements of power directed at a specific audience.”
As usual, LARB offers thoughtful & thought-provoking long-form journalism.
lareviewofbooks:
REZA ASLAN on the long-term effects of 9/11. World on Fire © Donald Bracken http://bit.ly/r05Th3 ...
My new music thing, called Long Time Coming.
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“That would be one of the whispered motifs of my film — the way a...”
– Termite Parade
by Joshua Mohr
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the US Post Office is in danger of closing because... →
This makes my little postal-loving heart clench…
jennirl:
i do not know what to do with this.
My sports-watching preference pyramid
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Tennis
Men’s Soccer
Men’s Tennis
Red Sox Baseball
If all of these types of sports were available for watching at the same time, this is the order I’d watch them in. I had to learn this the hard way, when Women’s World Cup, Wimbledon, and Red Sox were all happening at the same time. And if it’s not listed here, I don’t...
I can't stop watching this. →
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Where are the cool building owners?
So, why does it seem like it’s always real estate issues that force local businesses to close? Do people automatically become greedy assholes when they become landlords? Can all they see is potential-for-more-money and not cultural-value-of-existing-institutions? I know that a gentrifying neighborhood isn’t always a bad place for a bookstore to be, but it still kind of sucks. Why...
