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Smart things that people say…
February 24 10
Quote: Elif Batuman, The Possessed pg 31.
February 19 10
Speaking about a passage from the story ‘My First Goose’ by Isaac Babel
I expecially remember the passage about how Everyone has two lives–one open and visible, full of work, convention, responsibilities, jokes, and the other “running its course in secret”–and how easy it is for circumstances to line up so that everything you hold [...]
Quote: Elif Batuman, The Possessed pg 10.
February 18 10
From The book “The Possessed”
Why be a slave to the arbitrary truth? I didn’t care about truth; I cared about beauty. It took me many years–it took the experience of lived time–to realize that they really are the same thing.
-Elif Batuman
The Possessed Pg 10
Illinois election
February 5 10
Yesterday there was a primary election here in Illinois. The things that this election decided were…
1. The Democrat running for the open Senate seat (the one that use to be held by Obama) will be the current Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
2. The Republican running for the same open Senate seat [...]
Orson Scott Card makes me think…
February 1 10
Today a friend, and fellow Sci-Fi enthusiast, told me that I should read a book called “Empire” by Orson Scott Card. Having read a fair amount of Card’s work in the past I recently picked up the Empire and read the first two chapters.
There is one bit of test in the second [...]
Amazon V. Apple, some simple initial thoughts…
January 31 10
For people who might not follow this story all ready, here is a brief recap for you:
1. Amazon’s Kindle ruled the ebook market despite limited competition from a few other companies like Sony and Barns & Noble.
-It seemed that Amazon liked selling most ebooks for about $9.99 even though publishers wanted to sell ebooks [...]
Amazon Kindle now costing less, and works outside US.
October 7 09
I saw via Mitch Joel who saw via the Wall Street Journal that Amazon is lowering the price of the entry level Kindle to $259.00 USD. In addition to that the Kindle’s wireless fucntions will now work outside the US.
Going to Amazon.com confirmed this…
Looks like Amazon is really hoping to move [...]