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The Year in Music, Part 4

If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time—and really, why wouldn’t you?—you know we’re in the midst + more

Quote of the Day

Influential science fiction author Robert Heinlein (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Puppet Masters) was a + more

The Year in Music, Part 3

In the third installment of our survey of the best music of 2014 (go here for part 1 and here for part 2), + more

Chianti Anyone?

What better way to celebrate the holiday season than eating meat? Well, actually…breakfast sausage. But I don’t think it’ll mind + more

Speaking of Hollywood…

At one point on my way to the theater to catch Interstellar last weekend—perhaps the second time in a year the missus + more

The Year in Music, Part 2

We began our survey of the year’s music a little over a week ago with our picks for best avant-garde + more

The Year in Music, Part 1

2014 is winding down. Which means, of course, that it’s time for a review of the year’s best music. We’re going to + more

Two Thoughts for the Price of One

If you’ve ever read Lolita, you’ll want to read Sarah Weinman’s account of the 1948 abduction of Sally Horner. And if + more

Senectus insanabilis morbus est.

“…there is nothing quite like an inscription in a book no longer owned by the dedicatee to capture the melancholy, + more

Monday Miscellany

Only in Florida: A quadruple amputee is “armed and on the run” from authorities, a shoplifter managed to stuff a chainsaw down his + more

Poetry Break

We talked a little last week about poetry and rhythm, and it occurred to me afterward that poetry is an awful + more

Zardoz!

Because it’s Friday—and because the 70s were awesome—I bring you Sean Connery in what is quite possibly his finest role ever: + more

Happy Halloween

My family has a couple of Halloween traditions, if you want to call them that: We eat chili and listen + more

How Do You Say “Latrine” in French?

It’s dark, hot, musty, and noisy. Other than that, working at an underground mine site is a piece of cake. + more

Quick Recommendation

I prefer not to categorize books. Like music, they’re either good or bad, and discussions about genres and sub-genres tend + more

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