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My book projects
No secret to anyone that knows me, that I love books. What might be a secret are the number of books-related projects I’ve made over the years. I thought it would be fun to collect them all. Book Roulette My …
Book Roulette: A little bit of fun
I decided to take a day off “work” and have some fun. My kind of fun is probably not the same as most people…. So, I built a Chrome extension that shows you a different quasi-random book each time you …
Martini thoughts, literary and otherwise
When I was young, maybe 18, I visited my girlfriend (now wife)’s house. My father-in-law to be, a rather imposing and gruff former military officer, lets me in the house. At this time my now-wife and I had not been …
Reading in a time of crisis (or, 10 ways to run a virtual book club)
Whether you’re panicked or calm, pretty much everyone is impacted by the measures being taken to tackle the Coronavirus (aka Covid-19) outbreak. Ourselves, we’re mostly in the calm bucket – there are plenty of people at risk, and stern measures …
Our reading in 2019
2019 was a good year for reading. If you’ve been reading the blog, you know I went to Iceland this year (trip report). I read a lot of Icelandic stuff in preparation (my reading list here), so I won’t recount …
Reading my way to Iceland
Pretty much since high school, I’ve had what W. H. Auden called “The Northern Thing”, a fascination with Vikings, Scandinavia, and their conflicting views on Fate (everything is predetermined) and Free Will (you must fight to death, and never give …
My 10 books
Had a fun conversation with friend about how in the old days you’d invite your friends over and impress them with your book collection. And how, in today’s digital/library world, the books that mean the most to us often aren’t …
My year in reading, 2018
As I’ve taken to doing the last few years, at the Christmas season I like to look back on my reading for the year to see what stands out, and to think about about what I want to read in …
An Unlikely Story
So, out and about last weekend looking at tile for a remodeling project….so….bored…let’s go to a Bookstore! Much better. Turns out we’re not that far away from An Unlikely Story, an indie bookstore opened a few years back in Plainville, …