The recent kerfuffle about the book Noise, reminded me of my favorite Asimov story: Nightfall. Can be some basic ideas be overwritten and in the process, damaged?
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A note on graduation in an unusual year, thinking about barbershops and painting rooms, and our virtual circles.
Leave a CommentReaders of the blog know very well that I love travelogues and reading about different corners of the world. In our singular life, we cannot travel everywhere that our mind wishes to travel. We are often bound by finances, the duty to work, and dedication to family (and now, covid). Even if we were to only travel all our lives, one lifetime isn’t enough.
Leave a CommentKokoro by Natsume Soseki is a gentle and delicate book, with voices that are like rarified whispers in the air, that it is no wonder that Murakami cites Soseki as his biggest influence
Leave a CommentThe perpetual seeming lock-down has gotten us down trying new things. Through a close friend from childhood, I came across the recipe for cooking onions. So, we go down the rabbit hole of the internet, the original domestic goddess, and her early nineteenth-century cookbook.
Leave a CommentA few days back James Surowiecki had a question about where the COVID vaccine inventory is located and how many doses we have in each location. It is a pretty good question as it is one of the things that “seems obvious” that we should know, but is just vexing problem in inventory control.
Leave a CommentMy notes on Christ Stopped at Eboli, a semi-autobiographical story of the year Carlo Levi spent in exile in the province of Lucania (current day Basilicata). The region is dirt-poor, scorched by the sun, ravaged by the history of invasions and dominance. Even the benevolence of Christ did not reach them as they profess that He stopped at Eboli, a large town many miles away, without coming to Lucania. It is illuminating how America shines as a beacon of hope to the region.
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