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Eschatology
Harper’s “Weekly Review” is a handy condensation of all of the horrors and giddiness of a world winding to a whimpering conclusion. This week’s edition is another such catalog. After noting that Harriet Miers “has allegedly described Bush as ‘brilliant,’” that “Dr. David Nabarro, the United Nations representative in charge of coordinating the response to… — read more
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A Year of Joyce
The reading group I’m in is wrapping up its reading for this year, so at our last meeting, we had a discussion of what we’d like to read next year. Someone suggested that we spend next year reading James Joyce‘s Ulysses. Though it is a long and difficult book (if not as difficult as popularly… — read more
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Coming and Going
At the end of last week, the In Our Time podcast returned from its late summer hiatus. This is one of my favorite podcasts. Whatever subject it addresses (past episodes have covered everything from the KT Boundary to Chrisopher Marlowe), it’s hard to imagine learning any more about that topic in forty-five minutes. Last week’s… — read more
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Quote of the Day
“And our father gave us… I can’t really say tough love, ’cause with tough love there’s, you know, love.” I’m sorry that I can’t give proper attribution for this quote, both because I’d like the speaker to receive recognition for their brilliance and because I’d like you to be able to fully appreciate how darkly… — read more
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Sarah
Sarah from Newcastle (originally Edinburgh) used to write a Weblog called “Not You, The Other One,” which is sadly defunct. It was one of the first Weblogs outside of the Salon Weblog universe that I read. I don’t remember how I first found it, but I was immediately fascinated by it. There were a couple… — read more
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Somebody Beat Chelsea… Please
Though it has already been a season marked by surprising results in the English Premier League (with Everton, who two seasons ago barely avoided relegation and last season finished fourth, sitting at the bottom of the table; with two of the teams promoted this season in the top ten, West Ham United in fourth and… — read more
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Whither My Provincetown?
When we were in Provincetown, we saw this brief essay by Nicholas Messing in the “Rants & Raves” section of Provincetown Magazine (which doesn’t really have a Web site yet): As summer draws to a close, it’s as good a time as any to look back on this past season of sun and fun at… — read more
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Vacation
We’re going to Provincetown for a few days. See if you can catch me on one or the other of the Webcams on Commercial Street. And I’ll moderate any comments you’ve posted when I get back (that still seems strange to me). — read more
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Bookworm
I’m becoming a fan of Michael Silverblatt‘s Bookworm podcast. His guests tend to run the gamut of writers of contemporary literary fiction, which is to say that some are more interesting than others. It’s Silverblatt himself who makes the interviews consistently interesting, regardless of the guest. He talks a lot, which usually isn’t very effective… — read more
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FIFA Rankings
FIFA has released their world ranking for September, and I’m puzzled. These rankings look even stranger than the BCS college football rankings. The United States is consistently ranked in the top 10, yet I don’t think anyone actually sees them as a lock for the quarterfinal of next year’s World Cup, which is how I’d… — read more
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