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Yep, that’s right. Firstly, it’s my birthday and I am now *mumblemumble* years old. Secondly, I am celebrating by going to see the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Royal Ontario Museum. Woo! I will undoubtedly not be allowed to take photos — these things need preservation from light, and camera flashes will not be good [...] Always and forever missed. The most wonderful cat in the world, Kashi.
First off — sorry I’ve been scarce lately! Again I’ve been writing my brains out, hoping to cram enough work in so that the rent cheque won’t bounce next Monday. Ugh. But in other news, have a look at this article on the MultiMedia & Internet @Schools site: Libraries for a Postliterate Society, by Doug [...] It’s especially appalling that his name rang no bells, since I have a huge number of gay friends who have introduced me to many books over the years. They must have mentioned him. How did I miss this prolific and popular writer? … [...]
I’ve always thought of Penguin books as kind of elite books, or at least the sort of things that university students and intellectuals would buy. I had no idea that they actually started out as books designed to provide inexpensive, good quality fiction for the masses. Penguin tweeted a link to their [...] Such sad news, that author Frank McCourt has died. (“Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize Winner, dies”) He was the retired school teacher who sprang into public notice in his 60s, with the publication of his first novel, Angela’s Ashes. He was an inspiration to me, especially since I haven’t published my own first novel yet. But [...] A wonderful day for the human race. Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon.
And another restored moment, Buzz Aldrin stepping onto the Moon.
Armstrong and Aldrin raise their flag on the Moon.
[...] A nice cup of tea as we browse And it’s a nice quiet Sunday again. Time to have a little browse, and find out what our Bookish friends have been doing in the last few days. For starters — and before I go backwards alphabetically through my blogroll — Flit at Flitting Through Canadian [...] AmazonFail Yegods. Every day now, Amazon is up to something nasty again. It’s hard to keep up. And I’d really rather write about good stuff. From Pogue’s Posts in the New York Times, “Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others:” This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a [...] Make one wrong move, and POP. … [...] |
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