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Brian Greene. A brilliant, understandable attempt to describe current physical theories on the nature of reality. Not easy going, but all the same it’s meant for lay readers, not physicists. Literally thrilling–especially the initial description of relativity. I felt like Greene was giving me a peek into a conceptual framework that felt like I was [...]

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I’m trying to play with new designs for the blog, and this is just a little piece of that effort.

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The Revealer has a great post “Who Was Yassin?” about reporting on the assassination of the Hamas leader.
We have to turn to the foreign press to learn anything substantial about the religious views of the “spiritual leader” whose worldly terror has been a constant factor in U.S. foreign policy. . . . [W]hy has our [...]

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Jasper Fforde. Another Thursday Next novel, and just as much fun as the first two. This one is bundled with special features at the website. (You do need to have read the book to know the password.) And here’s a great passage from page 301:
“Welcome to The Judgment of Solomon (R). It’s arbitration, mainly, a [...]

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Richard K. Morgan. This is a real page-turner. Two genres I don’t read much, cyperpunk and detective story, by a first-time author, and I couldn’t wait to find out how it turned out. I hope there will be more books featuring the protagonist, Takeshi Kovacs.

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I’ve fallen prey to yet another tawdry weblog meme. (I caught it from Bakerina.) Here are twenty tracks played at random by my iTunes selection at work:
“Yome, Yome” Mandy Patinkin Mamaloshen
“A ‘Wassail’ Suite” The Waverly Consort A Waverly Consort Christmas - Christmas From East Anglia To Appalachia
“Obvious Child” Paul Simon Rhythm Of The Saints
“I Will [...]

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Kim Wong Keltner. Chinese American chick-lit. I laughed out loud several times (often, I must admit, at potty humor).

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Patrick O’Brian. Inching closer to marriage and to naval stability, with torture, espionage, a trip to India, and encouters with Diana Villiers. And a fabulous place name: Swiving Monachorum (it’s where the Reverend Mr Hinksey, whom Mrs Williams hopes will marry Sophie, is the new rector).

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