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I found the lyrics to this tune, which I posted here in 2010 and recently reposted over at Tom’s Garden. I make out the first line to be…
“Every separation is a link” — Simone Weil Rats review NYC pizzas : Will Grimaldi’s sue the rats? How Capicola became Gabagool : Origins of the New Jersey Italian accent The…
Since Jane Austen is so much in the news again these days, it might be worth revisiting this post, which I originally published in 2007: … Is the…
I have a month to polish up the book I’m currently working on, and I’m experimenting with a randomized editing process. Most writers spend a lot of time…
This old post about overnighting at Heathrow airport is pertinent again today, as many travelers are currently stranded by snow.
Want to send an e-mail to your future self? Futureme.org is there for both of you. (Why doesn’t gmail have delayed-send capability?)
Why does Pandora keep feeding me “Layla,” even though I’ve told it three or four times that I don’t want to hear that song? Apparently it has many…
I write like William Shakespeare I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! … William Shakespeare. Anyway, that’s what it says here. I was scrolling through…
Slow to blog, slow to answer e-mails, what is wrong with this guy?? Yep, there has been a slow-down here at Right Reading in the past few months…
. . . but I like it.” That’s the title of a story in the Independent about Keith Richards’ forthcoming book Life, in which he confesses he would…
This house on the beach in Venice, California, has no doors (on its upper story), and the walls are made up of bookshelves and storage units. Read about…
My nomadism is concluded for the moment, and I will resume more regular blogging tomorrow morning.
According to Graham at Linguism, some people think Belgium is an adjective. Well, whatever. What struck me about his post was his claim that “most people find it difficult to name ten famous Belgians without falling back on Tintin and Hercule Poirot.”
One of Belgium’s problems in the competition for famous representatives is that it is such a young country, formed in 1830-1831.
Right Reading is on a short summer vacation. (I might do some posting just the same, depending on how things go.) .
This is via Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s twitter account. He writes “These ladies are amazing athletes -even back in the day!” Be patient — the fun starts about one minute…
“Every separation is a link.” — Simone Weil From Kindle to brick : For less than $400 Virtual bibliogeekery : Contribute to Project Gutenberg Putting on (Scottish) airs:…
Having dunked my trusty Canon A620 in the waters of Pomonkey Creek, I was reduced to shooting this ghost type in Alexandria, Verginia, with my cell phone. .
“Honour commercio’s energy yet aid the linkless proud, the plurable with everybody.” — Finnegans Wake Does Kindle violate authors’ audio rights? : New text-to-speech function More on Kindle’s…
So many people admire John Updike — one local editors says he should win the Nobel for literature — that I am almost afraid to voice my dissenting…
This image of Anne (with ukulele) and Carol (with cell phone) on the beach on Anna Maria Island has been run through the Obamicon.me machine. .
I might be without internet for about a week. I haven’t built up a reservoir of posts because I’ve been working on other stuff, so posting will be…
We all know we should keep our webware up to date to avoid security vulnerabilities. But some of us get careless sometimes and let things slide. Bad idea….
The free market isn’t really free. But it’s not worth much. .
Huge, aren’t they? See them at the National Building Museum. Kind of a random post, but I’m on the road and don’t have a lot of time for…