The foremost difference between men and women is that we women … learn what we think about something by talking about it. – Celia Lashlie
Did I just take a bunch of NASA tank…
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Did I just take a bunch of NASA tank tops from the boys section & put them in the girls section? Yes. Yes I did. twitter.com/Mammals_Suck/status/874116254767865856…
The Happiness Project — Gretchen Rubin
This book made me happy. Gretchen Rubin did her research, found out every possible method for becoming more happy, and then spent a year trying them all out. In the end she decides it has worked — she is happier … Continue reading
36 Arguments for the Existence of God — Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
I love reading philosophy, and I love reading novels. So this philosophical novel is right in my sweet spot. I have read some of Goldstein’s non-fiction, but after reading this fun and thoughtful book I want to search out her other … Continue reading
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Can You Tolerate This? — Ashleigh Young
This is like one of those great, wide-ranging conversations where you talk about everything, from what you did last weekend to the meaning of life, and everything in between. Each essay is on its own topic and they are apparently … Continue reading
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A map to fix Auckland’s broken…
A map to fix Auckland’s broken transport system, from people with vision. Hoping government will catch up one day. thespinoff.co.nz/auckland/10-04-2017/this-vision-o…
The Anthologist — Nicholson Baker
This is a fascinating book about poetry, disguised as a wry and humorous story about a poet with writers’ block. It’s like two books in one! The protagonist is a likeable everyman. Well not really an everyman — he’s a … Continue reading
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This Is Not a Novel — David Markson
I have never read a novel like this before, but that’s obvious since it is actually not a novel. (The clue is in the name.) But it has characters (well, a character), lots of historical figures, and a (very faint) … Continue reading
“celerity should always be contempered…
“celerity should always be contempered with cunctation” – words to live by from Sir Thomas Browne (1646) penelope.uchicago.edu/pseudodoxia/pseudo52.html #quotes
The synopsis didn’t really grab me, so…
The synopsis didn’t really grab me, so I didn’t bother watching the DVD. twitter.com/bnnt/status/835054076966531072/photo/1
