It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here
My continued use of my desk is the bane of Bagheera's existence.
Wes Phillips
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Turn Turn Turn
And that wobbly table will become stable. There's a proof.
The Big Questions
Well, <I>Wired</I> tackles 40 of 'em. The other two are up to us.
A Confederacy of Dunces
Evan Thomas and Jeffrey T. Richelson have written books that chart the CIA's legacy of arrogant wrongheadedness.
Hurray For Captain Pamphile!
OMG, there's a Dumas novel I haven't read? (A Dumas novel I haven't even heard of?)
Words and Music
Speaking of great jazz websites, Rod from Loughborough has a dandy 'un in <I>wordsandmusic</I>. It's just what the title says: thoughtful words on music Rod likes, linked to examples, deep references, and videos.
Free Music and Free Jazz
What a combination, as Forums participant jazzfan would say. I just discovered <I>Destination: OUT</I>, a website that posts MP3s of out of print jazz discs. Lots of good stuff there. Play nice.
Some Days You Eat the Bear
I was desperately cruising the web looking for a final post for the day when Jon Iverson sent this tea partay.
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Props to Carl Zimmer
I enjoy reading science writer Carl Zimmer and browse his website <I>The Loom</I> frequently. The post I link to below is a great example why.
Al Alvarez on Losing "It"
The list of poetry editors with whom I am not familiar is not a short one, but until I read this appreciation of Al Alvarez in <I>The Scotsman</I>, I only knew his name from my tattered copy of <I>The New Poetry</I>—a book that lived on the transmission hump of my 'lime green 69 Plymouth Valiant and got quite a workout as I waited (endlessly) for my waitress girlfriend to get off shift at the IHOP.