Category: Blog
February 21, 2009
And the answers
1 & 2: Loveleen Tandan is listed as co-director for Slumdog Millionaire, but her name was not mentioned once in these reviews. Whether it should be is a minor controversy […]
READ MOREFebruary 16, 2009
And the winner is…
It’s that time of year, winter bleeding into spring, when we celebrate Black History, Women’s History, and the Oscars. So here’s a little quiz to get you in the mood. […]
READ MOREFebruary 5, 2009
Alchemy, chap 3, cont
3 “You have five minutes to explain why you didn’t tell me that Cardozo is dead. Because that’s how long I’m going to wait before I call the […]
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The iPod and the cellphone and the YouTube that we know
May just be passing fancies And in time may go But the book is here to stay Or not. My editor tells me this is the last time the company will […]
READ MOREJanuary 25, 2009
Alchemy, Chap 3 (beginning)
3 “You have five minutes to explain why you didn’t tell me that Cardozo is dead. Because that’s how long I’m going to wait before I call the […]
READ MOREJanuary 24, 2009
Reigns of Terror
I think I spent a good chunk of the last eight years writing letters to W, to his secretary of state, and to my senators, protesting everything from W’s dismemberment […]
READ MOREJanuary 20, 2009
The Inauguration
We watched with friends. I won’t add commentary, since we were all in the moment together, and it doesn’t need parsing. I thought Barack gave a good and forceful speech, […]
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Your copyrights and google
In 2004, Google made arrangements with the University of Michigan to digitize their entire library, some seven or eight million volumes. Google planned to make this library available to the […]
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Alchemy, chap 2, In which the Expected Occurs
2 Don Pasquale and his cronies lived in River Forest, an old suburb just west of Chicago, where Frank Lloyd Wright houses and a charming little shopping street make […]
READ MOREDecember 31, 2008
It's New Year's
And a bright sunny day in Chicago. Cold, but nothing like the -2 F we had a week ago, so we’re happy. About half a mile from my home, in […]
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