Tiny Tomes
The Grolier Club has mounted an exhibition that takes miniature books bigtime.
Tips for Non-Writers
Are there really non-writers anymore? These are good guidelines, though—although I'd quibble about the semicolon advice.
Tired of All That Holiday Music?
Here, wash out your ears with "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
Titanic II
My buddy Jeff and I went to the movies last week and I'd see this before any of the movies we saw trailers for.
To Hell and Back
Jay Allen Sanford describes his horrifying descent into crack addiction and homelessness. It's not a pretty story, except that he did make it back.
To Make a Proof "Foolproof," You Need to Get Rid of a Lot of Fools
You've got to love an essay that has the following paraphrase of Plato's Meno dialog:
Socrates: Here is a square with sides of length 2 and area equal to 4. If we double the area, to 8 units, what will the length of a side be?
Socrates: Here is a square with sides of length 2 and area equal to 4. If we double the area, to 8 units, what will the length of a side be?
Today's Musicophilia Post
Gerard McBurney seems to share my Oliver Sacks blind spot (Uncle Tungsten, notwithstanding). I still haven't read Musicophilia and although I still intend to, I'm now less convinced that I will find it compelling.
Together
Aww, ain't they cute?
Tom Russell: Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?
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Too Darn Hot
Huckleberry says it's too hot to be cute or amusing this week. Some other time, maybe.