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End of an era
Posted on September 1, 2010 - Filed Under Article | 3 Comments
The Telegraph reports today that the most recent printing run of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is going to be the last. Citing the steady and extreme erosion of the printed dictionary market, the CEO said that he didn’t think that the 3rd edition of the OED would be printed.
The dictionary’s owner, Oxford University Press [...]
Hmmmm
Posted on August 30, 2010 - Filed Under Article | 1 Comment
Dear faithful readers,
I need your help. I Googled it, but I didn’t get a satisfactory answer. So, I have a French press coffee maker in my office. Until now, I have just been rinsing it out in the utility sink. However, my landlord say that this might clog the drains, so I can’t do it [...]
Book Review: Confederacy of Dunces: John Kennedy Toole
Posted on August 30, 2010 - Filed Under Book Review | 1 Comment
Might as well let you know my favourite book of all time is “Tom Jones.” Why do I mention this? Because ‘Confederacy of Dunces’ is one of the only books has come close to touching it.
Our hero is Ignatius J. Reilly, lifelong resident of New Orleans. Although college educated, he spends his days holed up [...]
Vote, football blah blah blah
Posted on August 18, 2010 - Filed Under Article | 3 Comments
Here is your reminder to vote to help kids report on the Gulf Oil Spill:
News Hour Student Reporting
Also, I still have 3 spots open for the Fantasy Football League. If you have friends that even have a passing interest in football, they will like this. Post in the comments. Do it.
The Sugar King of Havana: John Paul Rathbone
Posted on August 18, 2010 - Filed Under Book Review | Leave a Comment
There are 4 stories at play in ‘The Sugar King of Havana.’ The first, and most central, surrounds the life of Julio Lobo, a Venezualan who made a vast fortune cornering the sugar trade in the Republic of Cuba (before the Communist Revolution). The second, and barely separable from the first, is the story of [...]
Purple Jesus Rises Again
Posted on August 17, 2010 - Filed Under Article | Leave a Comment
Now that training camp is over, Brett Favre, the ultimate team player, decides that he is, indeed, well enough to play football again. Apparently a bunch of players really, really wanted him to play again. Godspeed Favre. Seriously, every safety is going to be taking a shot at you.
Brett Favre headed to Minnesota to rejoin [...]
Believe in Something!
Posted on August 16, 2010 - Filed Under Article | Leave a Comment
Last week or whatever, I asked you to please vote for the News Hour’s Student Voices grant application to get kids from the Gulf Coast to tell their stories about the recent spill. You can vote once a day, so I am going to be posting this link daily. They’re kind of bobbing around in [...]
Herp Derp
Posted on August 16, 2010 - Filed Under Article | Leave a Comment
Oh hay, there is still room in the HG.com Fantasy Football League. I have 3 more spots. I repeat there are 3 more spots. If you are even a casual football fan and a regular reader of this blog, then you should join. I have been doing it for 3 years now and it is [...]
Book Review: ‘A Separate Peace’: John Knowles
Posted on August 5, 2010 - Filed Under Book Review | Leave a Comment
I’ll never know what it was like to be a 16 year old boy in America in 1942, but I have a pretty doggone good idea, having read ‘A Separate Peace’. Honestly I considered not even writing this review. Seriously? What can I add to the tomes of gushing critique? Not much really. If you [...]
Armchair Quarterbacking: The HG.com Fantasy Football League
Posted on August 4, 2010 - Filed Under Article | 4 Comments
Yep, it’s August. You know what this means, Brett Favre has reared his wrinkled head and has announced that he will no longer be footballing. This time it’s because his ankle hurts. Chump. This does mean, however, that it is time to be thinking about how you will be filling your time between Sundays. Yeah [...]
