Recently a certain member of my family who shall remain nameless because I at least don’t want to hurt his feelings made a grave accusation against me. I said I didn’t bother to finish The Plot Against America because I felt that after two or three chapters I got the author’s point, and perhaps it [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Sad news
Stanislaw Lem died today. For those not in the know, he’s a Polish sci-fi writer. His stories, the ones I’ve read anyway, are fairly straightforward spaceshippy stuff, but his style is literary and, well, inimitable. Here’s a taste to whet your appetite, the opening lines of the short story “Pirx’s Tale.” Sci-fi? Sure, I like it, but [...]
A new meme
I don’t know if Ella realizes this, but she made up a new meme. Here it is: Words that always look misspelled to me: pendant Schuylkill Words that look nicer in italics: Julia words with lowercase f’s. Words I enjoy saying: brouhaha chutney clarinet Words I enjoy hearing: tuppence Cecchetti Abbreviations I dislike: “My bad” (ok, that’s not an abbreviation, but I still detest it) Proper nouns I enjoy: Conshohocken Psarianos Clementine Words I associate [...]
Laura Ingalls Wilder slaps me in the face
As you probably know, I’m pretty outspoken on the topic of censorship. I believe it’s my job and no one else’s to decide what my kids should or shouldn’t be allowed to read. So when Lena received a copy of Farmer Boy for her birthday a few weeks ago, of course I had to stick [...]
Who was I kidding?
What ever made me think I could go four months without blogging? It’s been five weeks and withdrawal has been severe. Unlike some bloggers, I’ve never had trouble thinking of “what to write.” The only trouble I’ve ever had is finding the time to write it. And finding the time to visit my blogroll. A lot [...]