Just got back from vacation. Yay. Sometimes people ask what I did on vacation (and, sometimes, did I take pictures of it). The answer is usually, mostly, “no.” This year, however, I did Do Something (although I didn’t take pictures … Continue reading
I’ve been writing about James Joyce recently. Like many Joyce fans, I have my favorites between Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses, but I’ve never made a serious attempt to read Finnegan’s Wake. There … Continue reading
I’ve said before that I still enjoy renting DVDs from Netflix, and that my favorite way of reading newspapers is on my Kindle. So, 1) “Netflix Will End Its DVD Service, 5.2 Billion Discs Later“ 2) “Amazon will discontinue newspaper … Continue reading
(I thought I published this a couple of days ago, but apparently not. Whenever I write something, I like to save it and let it sit for a day or two. Sometimes I then forget about it until the next … Continue reading
I thought this was a provocative headline: “How Hemingway Gradually—Then Suddenly—Defined the Zeitgeist.” Well, the article was not about Hemingway, in toto, defining anything; it’s about how much the phrase “gradually and then suddenly” is being used these days. The … Continue reading
This is sort of a continuation of my last post. Another thing I liked was this interview with David Lynch. Specifically this part: The A.V. Club: With Inland Empire, I understand there wasn’t a full script before production. Were you … Continue reading