By Sylvanus P. Thompson I once had a logic professor, the rumpled/ bespectacled/ round/ beaming English type, who announced in the first class of the term “it is my job
Author: Robyn
Book #16: – The Girl Wants To: Women’s Representations of Sex and the Body
Edited by Lynn Crosbie I love Lynn Crosbie; she writes excellent book reviews that icily savage books she hates. Mostly I agree with her so they’re fun reading. No suckup,
Book #15: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
by Salman Rushdie I often find Salman Rushdie hard reading — he writes in images more than he writes in words, to my mind — but it’s a technique that
More fun with Tag
Ooo, she got mad when we out-cheated her…. M to D: You’re It! (chase ensues, D rather hindered by several heavy bags of groceries) M: T.O! D, deciding to play
Book #14 – Vij’s: Elegant and Inspired Indian Cuisine
by Vikram Vij & Meeru Dhalwala This is our current favourite cookbook. My Mom bought it for us right when it came out, because Vij is our favourite restaurant in
Book #13: Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon Oh, this is fun stuff. There’s nothing highbrow or pretentious about Diana Gabaldon’s stuff, it’s just good, light, gripping historical fun. There’s a time every once in
Book #12: Stardust
by Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman is a wonderful writer. He makes English bend to his clever whims in ways that make me terribly jealous. But for a seemingly nice guy
Technicalities
A conversation recounted to me from the walk home yesterday: M: Tag! You’re It! (a few seconds later) M: Tag again! You’re It! D: No way! You just touched me,
Ssshh!
I’m not going to say it out loud so I won’t jinx it, but it looks like we have a new daycare arrangement starting in February. It’s a home-based daycare
Book #11 – Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt with Stephen J. Dubner I wasn’t terribly impressed with this book. But then, economics of any sort rarely impresses me; what’s the use of something with
Book #10: It’s a Girl
edited by Andrea J. Buchanan My sister bought this book for me for Christmas — it had been hanging about on my Amazon wishlist being neglected for some time, so
Book #9: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs died last April, shortly before her 90th birthday. I’m still sad. I really hoped she’d live forever. Ten years ago (!) when Citizens for Local
Want your own country?
The principality of Sealand is for sale. Asked to describe the delights of living on what he described as a cross between a house and a ship, the 54-year-old said:
Book #8: Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask
by Jim Munroe Jim Munroe’s a bit of an anarchist/anti-corporatist guy; he dropped Harper Collins to go out on his own and created No Media Kings. His books are cute,
Thus endeth the 12 days of Christmas
Elephant calf Thabo-Umasai at Germany’s Zoo Dresden joined camels, deer, and sheep in a traditional new-year feast of Christmas trees yesterday. “Elephants around the country will enjoy a delicious lunch
Rosetta Stone helps endangered languages
Rosetta Stone, the language-learning folks with the cute ads you might’ve seen in the Economist or the New Yorker: “He was a hardworking farm boy. She was an Italian supermodel.
Book #7: The white bone
by Barbara Gowdy In The white bone Gowdy, author of the short story that was turned into the surprisingly sympathetic necrophilia movie Kissed (We So Seldom Look on Love) puts
Oh dear
What horrible Edward Gorey Death will you die? You will be smothered under a rug. You’re a little anti-social, and may want to start gaining new social skills by making
Book #6 – Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
by Inga Muscio Inga Muscio does a great job hitting all the feminist-sexual high points (um. as it were.). As well as the good stuff, she covers rape, abortion, assault…
Book #5: The Canadian Oxford Spelling Dictionary
(currently unavailable through Amazon, sadly) I would never have thought to buy it, but now that I have it, I love this book. It’s on the shelf above my desk