Last night’s episode of the Dr. Who - which I just watched on iTunes while soaking in the tub - included a Pulp Fiction reference (as the Biblically-themed episode wound down one of the companions recited the Ezekiel verse, made famous by the movie, invoking Tarantino, as a sort of parting shot at King James). When that was done and I moved on to ( Read more... )

Samuel Willenberg in Treblinka wrote about a painter who painted portraits of Germans, but would rather have been painting Jews. Page 96 of Revolt in Treblinka is Chapter 32 of Killing Commendatore By Murakami.

A lecture on Proust is delivered in a Siberian gulag by a Pole named Józef Czapski, as described in his Lost Time.Maya’s brother painted ( Read more... )

Balalaika is a drink with equal parts vodka, triple sec and lemon juice, served ice cold in a martini glass. Thanks, Haruki Murakami for your Japanese novel about Nordic drinks with Ukrainian names. (I also love the duck fart and lumberjack.)

A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future

for school (Critical & Creative Thinking, BSU Master of Arts in Teaching)

Dark Matter, Blake Crouch
4 stars. Perfect for physics nerds.

Significantly delayed by relocation, seventh and eight at last: first of the special Star Trek 50-anniversary "Legacies" trilogy, Captain to Captain (audio version consumed primarily on dog walks and the treadmill), and third and last of the Bill Hodges series by Stephen King, End of Watch.

Staggerford
Hassler, Jon ( Read more... )

Star Trek: Miasma, Greg Cox ( Read more... )

The North Water: A Novel by Ian McGuire ( Read more... )

Voting is, by design, a private enterprise in this country, so I’m loath to use a public forum to influence others; generally speaking, I don’t like broadcasting my political views. However, because I’m not a registered Democrat, I’m ineligible to vote in tomorrow’s primary and this might be the only way to voice my preference ( Read more... )