There’s a part in Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer (on my to-read list) where he mentions how we’ve become a culture that reads extensively rather than intensively. I kind of feel this way when I open up my Kindle, see a huge list of articles I’ve sent to myself, and set off to read, sometimes just to be reading something. Which isn’t ( Read more... )

Have a cow duck. Or rather Cow Duck. Because that's how I know 'im and recognize 'im. Or her? I'll never know.

(Does this mean that Google won't embed my albums anymore? >( And why is G+ so hideous now?)

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I am coming to understand the frustration of reading non-fiction. That whereas in fiction we expect, even demand, that loose ends be tied, that motivations be given, that all events have some sort of causality no matter how thinly constructed, that those characters we think deserve punishment are punished and those we hope to see rewarded find some ( Read more... )

Been reading lots of articles linked on Longform. I've parsed quite a number of the 50 most read stories of Year 2 and a smattering of others with tag lines that caught my eye. Here are some of the ones that really stuck out to me [article tag lines lifted from Longform]:

Paper Tigers [Essays and Criticism]Wesley Yang • New York ( Read more... )

The Bravest Woman in Seattle

Unmasking Horror -- A special report.; Japan Confronting Gruesome War Atrocity:
The research was kept secret after the end of the war in part because the United States Army granted immunity from war crimes prosecution to the doctors in exchange for their data. Japanese and American documents show that the United States ( Read more... )

Episode 4: The Voice in the Night:

Wha--? Who? Why? I mean . . . what? I get where the plot is going and I'm glad to see that Korra is getting cut down now in order to be built up as someone stronger and wiser, but . . . what was that she saw just at the end of the episode?

In other news, I like Asami Sato. But, as whoaheyyou's help pointed out, how could ( Read more... )