Not much is happening here. I’ve been reading a lot. mostly Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. It’s pretty okay; engrossing enough for the time being. I might be starting to get burned out at work, but I’m not sure, maybe I’m just starting to get cynical. Either way, I think some time off is going to be …
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Clarity
There was a post yesterday afternoon at Pharyngula, it linked to a video statement by Richard Dawkins about “New” Atheists and clarity. I think that’s just wonderful. It startles me that there are people who take this kind of clarity, this honesty, as hostility. I don’t think that there can be any sort of productive discussions on a matter if one …
Books?
So apparently there exists people who are proud of the fact that they don’t read. I have difficulty understanding something like this because so much of human culture is tied up in our literature. There are people who hear the words “Big Brother” and think of a crappy television show rather than George Orwell’s 1984 AMZN. Reading …
Nothing so verbose today.
I’ve started reading a book that my Mother/Sister gave me for a gift-giving-occasion at some time in the past called “Seven Steps on the Writer’s Path: The journey from Frustration to Fulfillment” by Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott [AMZN] It’s really freaking good! I should have read it when I first received it. I’m trying to take the lessons …