Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Observations, Technology, genealogy on Jul 2nd, 2009
Spring rains were abundant this year and the parched central Piedmont of North Carolina was officially removed from the state’s drought listing. Unfortunately rainfall is much more effective when it follows reasonable patterns rather than sporadic and localized downpours. We have been treated to one rather onerous deluge a few weeks ago that relieved the [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends on Jul 2nd, 2009
As my French teacher in college used to exclaim effusively, Quelle bonne suprise! The cause which prompted this ecstatic proclamation was my discovery of a small but apparently renewable cache of reasonably entertaining books at one of our local dollar stores, one of the honest-to-goodness, real dollar stores where every item is one dollar or [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends on Jun 15th, 2009
Triad Stage’s production of Moliere’s Tartuffe was quite a departure from its usual selection of plays which heretofore consisted of works generally written from the middle of the 19th century up to the latest efforts by current playwrights. While the subject matter of Tartuffe remains timely, the challenge of translating 17th century French and Moliere’s [...]
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends on May 8th, 2009
About a week or two ago I received a notice in the mail from Maytag which listed model and serial numbers of its manufactured appliances that had been subsequently identified as having a defective part. Affected appliances had been found to overheat and in some instances catch on fire–the revelation regarding the possibility of fire [...]
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy, religion on May 7th, 2009
A comment made by fellow philosophy major and Guilford College classmate, Stephen Lewis, in a recent email was cause enough for reflection in its own right; however, the implications of his observations became acutely relevant last week as I grappled with an injury to my right knee and calf. Steve’s remarks were offered in the [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Zero
A Novel
Jess Walter
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