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Monday in Chicago
Today I went up the Willis tower. The view was somewhat cloudy but still fabulous. I even walked on the plexiglass floor and looked down a long way. I spent most of the day atthe art institute and still didn't see everything. I went to the navy pier and got on the Ferris wheel and ate some bad ice cream ( Read more... ) -
Arrived in Chicago
I flew out to Chicago today for touring before Worldcon. I bumped into a couple of co-workers on the flight. Small world. I went out in the pouring rain to eat deep dish pizza from Ginos East. -
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I'm way behind on my postings. Here's what I read in April:
Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future by Ian Goldin - Nonfiction. Historical/current events. The history of migration.
The Good School : How Smart Parents Get Their Kids The Education They Deserve by Peg Tyre. Nonfiction. education. Too basic for ( Read more... ) -
March Readings Part 2
It's May and I never finished the post with my readings for March. I'm way behind. Here it is:
In the Garden of the Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson - Nonfiction. Historical. Library for book club. Interesting story about the American ambassador to Germany as the Nazis consolidate power and his ( Read more... ) -
March Readings Part I
Here are the first few reviews of my March readings:
March Asimov’s
The Next Wave: Using digital technology to further social and political innovation. By Darrell M. West. Nonfiction. Disappointing book. Disjointed with no thesis. I did find the chapter on technology and the news media interested because it focused on education (but the book did ( Read more... ) -
DVD player
A couple of weeks ago my DVD player stopped working. When pluged in, the standby light went on, but none of the buttons on the remote or the machine did anything. I tried changing outlets, shaking it, banging it on the table nothing helped. So finally, yesterday I took it in to the repair shop, described the problem, plugged it in to show them, ( Read more... ) -
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Here are my readings for February, taking full advantage of the extra day for leap year!
F & SF Jan/Feb issue. I thought this was a mostly good issue. A club member who had not read most of the novellas, disagreed based on the short stories.
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. Science fiction-action. Re-read for book club. More amusing than I ( Read more... ) -
Lucky
I had a tight deadline on Friday, so Thursday night, I did some work from home and then emailed the file to my work email. When I got to work on Friday, the email wasn't there. Normally, that would have been a huge problem and I would have wound up having to redo everything. However, that Friday night I had my science fiction club, for which I ( Read more... ) -
Readings Jan 2012
Here's what I read last month:
January Asimov’s SF
Price of Civilization by Jeffrey Sachs. Nonfiction. Nook. Re-read for book club
That Used to Be Us, by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. Nonfiction 2011. re-read for book club
Assorted podcast stories. Listened to for WSFA discussion (count as magazine)
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Dickens 200th birthday
Happy 200th Birthday Charles Dickens!
Like most people, my first exposure to the work of Charles Dickens was through adaptations. I'm sure I saw at least a few versions of A Christmas Carol, notably the Mr. Magoo version. And at some point I know I saw the movie and probably live theater at some level of Oliver! And I know I saw the short-lived ( Read more... )