I picked this up on a whim at the library this morning, when I ventured out during a brief break in the grim, grey weather. I was in the mood for yet another detective novel (I’m a bit ashamed to admit that I read rather a lot of them), and I tend to like Swedish …
Daily Archives: 29 February, 2008
Book Forty-Six: The Assault on Reason
I have two words for this book: sour grapes. I had forgotten how much I loathe political polemic. I’m sure that some people are really into this book, and that’s great for them, but I wasn’t. Into it. I mean. Demographics: The Assault on Reason, by Al Gore. Published 2007, 308 pages. Politics. That’s it. …
On Organs
I’ve been following the story of a surgeon accused of basically killing a patient to harvest his organs with some interest. If you haven’t heard anything about the case, the New York Times has a decent article on it. Basically, the surgeon made some…interesting medical decisions which appear to have been designed to hasten the …
Book Forty-Five: Dexter in the Dark
I had forgotten that I had ordered this book, on my Dexter binge. At any rate, my big plan for the day was to work on a top secret and soon to be revealed project, and then take a bike ride up to the library to return my books and pick up my new ones. …
Seared Bassoons
Leaping lizards! A discussion of the leap day, and why we have it. A tale of two siblings, one legal, and one illegal. The Svalbard Seed Vault is getting a lot of press these days. I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word “Svalbard,” I think of anthropomorphized polar bears in armor. …