Daily Archives: 10 April, 2008

Book One Hundred and One: The Dogs of Riga

The rest of the Kurt Wallanders are slowly trickling into the library for me. Apparently, some crucial cog in the interlibrary loan distribution system got sick, which explains why it has been really sluggish lately. According to the clerk I talked to when I checked this book out, things should be back to normal soon, …

10 April, 2008 – 2:45 pm | | Posted in Everything, book project |

Red Scared

Yesterday afternoon, I found myself thinking about the domino theory, for reasons I would rather not delve into at the moment. For those of you who don’t know what the domino theory is, go back to school. No, seriously. You don’t know what the domino theory is? Fine. The domino theory was an American foreign …

10 April, 2008 – 10:18 am | | Posted in Everything, commentary, politics |

Striped Raingear

Thanks to us, the world is facing a one in four chance of global recession. The United States, of course, is not in the grip of a recession. Nope. Nothing to see here. A hops shortage has beer producers quivering in their boots, along with fans of this most noble of beverages. Not only that, …

10 April, 2008 – 10:09 am | | Posted in Everything, interesting |