Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, by Joan Halifax:
Everything I can think to say about this book sounds trite: "Do you know someone who's dying? Are you alive? Are you uncomfortable about dying? Does the thought of death make you anxious? Then this book is for you!" just doesn't do justice to how ( Read more... )

Reply to this meme by yelling "words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then you will make an entry explaining what those words mean to you.

These words came from calli_thaala with the following explanation: "(and no, I'm not saying I think you're prejudiced. You kind of half mention it, half skirt around it a fair amount when talking ( Read more... )

Poll

It's taken me years to know how to answer this question, but now that I do, I want to share my answer with you all:

Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince).

If you have to limit yourself to only one answer, what's yours?

Wow. If I were able to do the commute and the work, I think I'd love to get this degree.

I usually read 4 books at a time (1 sci-fi/fantasy, 1 religious/poetry, 1 in French, and 1 that I focus on). I am currently only reading 3. Anyone have any suggestions? Ideally, I'd like to read a book we own, but since we have such an eclectic group of books, feel free to suggest anything that doesn't fit into the first 3 categories. I'm not sure ( Read more... )

Talking with Rob last week, I realized that I couldn't think of any fantasy novels/series where there was a female main character. I know that Harry Potter has Hermione, the Wheel of Time series has a ton of secondary main female characters (Egwene, Min, Nynaeve, etc.), but does anyone know of a fantasy series with a female main character? I'm sure ( Read more... )

It's been awhile since I've posted a real update. The main reason is that I'm still trying to limit my typing as much as possible because of my left thumb (though I just noticed that I now no longer use my left thumb to hit the spacebar, so maybe I'll be able to type more soon). The other reason is just that I've been doing other things. The ( Read more... )

I am beginning to understand why gillen is so cynical about US politics. So, I ask him in public now: what books should I read to make me even more cynical about US politics? I've read "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins and am currently reading "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" by Noam Chomsky. Any suggestions ( Read more... )