So, Ray Bradbury insists that the public has been “misreading” Fahrenheit 451 since, well, 1952. According to this article he wants to “make news” by speaking out about his real intent behind writing the book. It is not a book about censorship. It is “a story about how television destroys interest in reading literature.” And […]
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There’s nothing more annoying than having to carb-up after working out because your sugar’s low.
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Where does this other “s” come from???? ……… It’s still here!!!!
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Sunday’s a good time for a bike ride… I realized tonight that I haven’t done a lot of purely recreational biking since I got here. Since I don’t have a car, the bike is largely a tool to get me from here to there, and though it’s great to combine exercise with a bookstore run,
Through a bit of careful politiking* I finally managed to get a hold of a copy of Twenty Epics, which turns out to be just as fucking awesome a collection and everybody says it is (oh boy is this is rare in a field where a lot of stuff gets overhyped). I had considered writing
Things here at Casa de B. have been pretty sluggish as of late do in large part to the aircon situation. It’s hotter than hell here (OK, 80s and 90s, not that real feel 115 I had in Chicago last year, but hey), and we’ve just turned on the aircon today (I am not paying
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I had a dream that I was watching “the real” season/show finale of “Buffy,” and everyone was running around this enormous, dim library about as big as a 20-storey warehouse with books on all walls and this huge hanging candelabra of shelves coming down from the top and everyone was being hunted by the things