Category Archives: Reading

Maui 2012 – Day Three

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Short post about today. I need to catch up. First, thanks for the many ‘likes’ on my Maui posts to date. YOU folks have GREAT travel blogs. I haven’t had a chance to explore the sites in depth but I … Continue reading →

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Maui 2012 – Full Day Two

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

It’s decided. Contrary to my previous post’s indecision (how unlike me) this is about our second full day on Maui. Saturday 26 May. That is accurate. Now about that jet lag. I feel fine. I’m not groggy, foggy, fuzzy, or … Continue reading →

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Maui 2012 – Getting there

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

First Class air. Vacation starts when you get on the plane in Denver, thanks to significant other’s massive air miles collected from work travel. Lunch en route to LAX. Cold chicken breast salad (romaine lettuce, Caesar dressing), tomato and red … Continue reading →

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Speaking of thumbnails, Lapham’s Quarterly, and the WSJ…

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

(Wall Street Journal for those of you in Rio Lindo.)  An opinion piece there today caught my attention for its seemingly left-wing, liberal slant.  (Correct me if I’m wrong but, fair-and-balanced reporting aside, I believe the WSJ has a conservative, … Continue reading →

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YES! My PRINT edition of Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2012 finally arrived.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

You can tell I’m easily pleased. I’ve been plowing through L.Q. Spring 2012: Means of Communication via my online access subscription satisfactorily enough. It’s all there, the essays and extracts of Voices in Time, the art from around the world … Continue reading →

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Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2012: FAMILY, a review

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Lapham’s Quarterly is a superb assembly of thought from all of recorded history.  Each quarterly issue gathers essays and commentaries from great thinkers on a broad but specific topic. Recent issues have dwelt on Food, Lines of Work, Celebrity, The … Continue reading →

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The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer, book review

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer. A great book in my opinion.  I highly recommend it.  Five of five stars for excellent literature.  This is the second time I’ve read it, the first … Continue reading →

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T.O.T.N. 3/15/12 Koran burning, contraception, the war on women, billionaire women, wind turbines killing raptors…

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Thoughts On The News. From God’s Country: KORAN BURNING: From today’s New York Times: QUOTATION OF THE DAY “How can you compare the dishonoring of the Holy Koran with the martyrdom of innocent civilians? The whole goal of our life … Continue reading →

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The Litigators by John Grisham, review

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

This is the second book I’ve inhaled during the last two weeks, a good speed for me. (See my recent review of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.) This one took about five days. I like to read but I’m lazy about it … Continue reading →

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Do you have time…? (Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2011: The Future)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Does time have you? Do you care? A friend and his references to the Fall 2011 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly THE FUTURE, as well as a night in the hospital recently, got me thinking about my mortality. As I’ve grown … Continue reading →

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