Wit Worked Well |
Next, we read Wit: A Play, by Margaret Edson. I'm not sure why Edson had to put the words "a play" in her title. Did Dickens write Oliver Twist: A Novel, did Aristotle write Poetics: an essay, did Rou...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:49:00 GMT |
What is Art and Who Gets to Decide: Our BookClub Discussion about Kurt Vonnegut |
"Everybody thinks he or she can be a writer," he said with airy irony. "Don't tell me it's a crime to try," she said. "It's a crime to think it's easy," he said. "But if you're really serious, you'll ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:45:00 GMT |
This Blog Only Instructs You to Go Back and Read One of My Previous Blogs |
Next, we read "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Honestly, I don't remember much of what we said or discussed, but good news! I've already blogged about this book. If you have yet to do s...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:48:00 GMT |
Leaden Circles Lead to Leaden Discussions: Mrs. Dalloway and Our 2nd Get Together |
"She could see what she lacked. It was not beauty; it was not mind. It was something central which permeated; something warm which broke up surfaces and rippled the cold contact of man and woman, or o...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:14:00 GMT |
Two for One Blog: Why I Joined Another Book Club / Reading Reading Lolita...(in Smyrna,TN) |
About 22 months ago, my friend Nichole stumbled upon my MySpace blogs about a book club I helped start in '03. About 21 months ago, this same Nichole asked me about starting one. I said no. How could ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:22:00 GMT |
Writing on Literature, Writing on Film: Two Books that Should Serve Me Well |
The first book, Writing Essays about Literature, gave me a brief but valuable refresher course on "how to read literature." Kelley Griffith wrote it and intended for it to serve as a textbook for stud...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:53:00 GMT |
My Ninja Name |
Tokimirimotakaari.
Make your ninja name from the following alphabet:A- ka * B- zu * C- mi * D- te * E- ku * F- lu * G- ji * H- ri * I- ki * J-zu * K- me * L- ta * M- rin * N- to * O-mo * P- no * Q- ke...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:14:00 GMT |
Why Didn't Hitler Wear a Mullet? |
A couple of weeks ago, I got into a discussion with Kid Dynamite's husband about style, fashion, and fads. We recounted our respective grade school and high school cool standards as well as acceptable...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:28:00 GMT |
Dr. House as a modern Sherlock Holmes, 19th century lit meets 21st century tv |
What do Columbo, Father Dowling, Jessica Fletcher, Adrian Monk, Dr. Gregory House, Gil Grisham, Encyclopedia Brown, and a host of other case solvers, consultants, detectives, and private eyes have in ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:51:00 GMT |
How to Tell if Someone's Lying in 5 Minutes or Less |
I know you're not supposed to have the title of the text you're writing about as the same title of your essay, but I figured the book title would definitely suck you into the blog about the book. So, ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 May 2006 19:19:00 GMT |
