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[wowbagger]

Day 18: A book you wish more people would've read
Le Ton Beau de Marot: in Praise of the Music of Language, by Douglas R. Hofstadter. I like words and language and am fascinated by the process of translation, and reading this book is most of the reason why. On the surface, it's all about translating a short piece of verse by French poet Clement

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[metalcrowe]

Speaking of Mary Roach, the other day I saw Bonk on the "Required Reading for Local Schools" shelf at Borders. And not just one copy, as if someone had left it there as a prank or something, but a whole stack of them. I was amused.

[wowbagger]

Bwah! Wow, that would be amazing.