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I only meant to go shopping for groceries, but a sudden urge for books took me into Barnes & Noble. I was looking for Christopher Hitchens' Argueably, Joan Didion's Blue Nights and a copy of the New American Standard Bible (recommended for textual accuracy).
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Took off two hours early from work today (and 1 hour after everybody else had split -- those that came in at all anyway. When will I learn?) to run a few pre-holiday errands and ended up with three new books to read:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson. I'm told this book can be something of a chore for American readers, Swedish ( Read more... ) -
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Just finished Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking and wished I had read it two years ago, after my dad died. It wouldn't have made things any easier, I don't think that would've been possible, but I would have had a clearer understanding of grief and mourning. Two things I'd been lucky enough not to experience until then ( Read more... ) -
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Being sick has done great things for my reading -- I not only finished all 4 library books but have made great headway on Carl Sagan's "The Varieties of Scientific Experience: a personal view of the search for god". Sagan's collection of lectures begins as close to the beginning as humans are capable of knowing or making damned good theories about ( Read more... ) -
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I am feeling so much more in the holiday spirit today. I got almost all my gift shopping done (including finding the perfect oddball gifts for two of my best oddball friends) and that I haven't done can easily wait until the last minute, I have enough stamps for cards and enough cards left over from last year not to need to buy any new ones. Plus ( Read more... )
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