“Your identity is not equivalent to your biography.” John O’Donohue There’s a lot to appreciate in that line. [Quote found on Scrivenings. That’s the blog, not the writing tool I love so much.]
Oprah
Would you trust this woman with your summer reading? I was talking to a friend today who mentioned that she was planning to give away some books. She has a lot of science fiction, some random books on Africa, and a few crappy Oprah books. “Crappy Oprah books?” I asked. Of course, she was talking […]
Get Your Meme On
A frequently updated news/blog/everything aggregator Web site. meme-orandum [Note that even though the word “on” is a preposition, it is capitalized in the title of this post. That’s because it’s at the end of the title. All words at the end are capitalized. I mention this because the New York Times forgot to UNcapitalize a […]
Gone, Gone. Part Two (Arthur C. Clarke Edition)
He helped invent radar, predicted communications satellites in synchronous orbit, supposedly inspired the creation of Star Trek, asserted “Clarke’s Law” (which I quote or allude to frequently in my life), became a knight, and by the way, co-wrote “2001, A Space Odyssey.” Obit.
Gone, Gone.
Polaroid pics will soon be a thing of the past. My wife and I love our polaroid camera, which spits out mini pictures much smaller than the ones I remember as a kid. But I guess we’d better buy up as much film as we can before it’s all gone forever. In the meantime, if […]
Shaggy Dog
I’m reading Tristram Shandy, the most famous shaggy dog story of all time. As it happens, I’d never heard of the book until I saw ads a while back for a movie version of it. I wonder what the less-known shaggy dog stories are. Has anyone ever heard of, or read, this book? Anyone? Anyone? […]
You Say It's Your Birthday!
Two days ago, weeklyrob turned two years old. It walks! It talks! From its humble beginnings as a blog read by approximately 6 people (plus/minus 6), it has blossomed into a vast network of readers around the globe, and possibly the solar system. Or, I mean, that is, 6 people. Plus/minus 6. March 11, 2006: […]
Find Me at M – 12
Linked from aldaily’s Nota Bene section, an article about the newest kinds of mapping. I haven’t had time to look at more than a couple, but check out We Feel Fine for a beautiful way to look at what kinds of feelings people are blogging about. They have different “Movements,” like Madness, or Murmurs, and […]
There's No Accounting for Taste
Among other birthday gifts this year, I received The Best American Short Stories 2007. I haven’t started yet. But I have read a lot of the “Reviews” by customers on amazon.com, and they remind me that you just can’t trust other people’s opinions. In order to even come close, you have to find a reviewer […]
Elementary School!
The penultimate coupon whore points us to the Blog Readability Test. What level do readers have to be to understand your blog? Weeklyrob scored as “Elementary School,” which I’m guessing is the lowest possible. I checked the blogs of friends of mine, and they all scored anywhere from “Junior High” to “Genius.” Now, I don’t […]