The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
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At least, according to a list I came across today. It’s not the worst list in the world - but of course I do have a couple complaints.
1) Foundation (Foundation Novels) - Isaac Asimov
Haven’t read it. Heard of it of course. Is on my “read before I die” list. That’s a long list - way […]
At least, according to Ralph Nader. Why people have ever listened to this guy, I have no freaking clue. They should stop encouraging him. Why anyone would vote for him is beyond me. Nader said:
“I haven’t heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What’s […]
Everyone’s favorite religious wacko, James Dobson, has pretty much invalidated many of his own moral arguments. And it seems he’s too short-sighted to even realize it.
It seems that Mr. Dobson has taken umbrage with some comments made in a speech by Barack Obama. He went on his radio show and did his best to tear […]
So yeah, true to form and what should have been totally obvious to me from the start - I should not have scheduled the MySQL Developer I exam for Friday the goddamn thirteenth. The first omen was when they called me earlier in the week to tell me that my testing center no longer existed, […]
Why have I not posted much on politics of late? Because it’s been excruciatingly boring. McCain is busy being old and not running against anyone. Obama has been busy marking time until Hillary finally gives up. And Hillary has been somehow, for some reason, trying to convince anyone she hasn’t been out of the race […]
*sigh*
Yeah. I’m back in the doldrums again. I mean that very specifically - I am in a stagnant pool in my life. Again.
First let’s roll back to my last “real” post about the haunting in San Francisco. On a random whim, and after much debate, I said “screw it” and called Kyra, fully expecting her […]
San Francisco has become a haunted cityfor me. I think I’ve been scarred forever by it. Not really the city’s fault though.
No matter how many times I come here, no matter how much time passes - there’s simply too much that reminds me of Kyra. And something deep inside me screams in anguish that whenever […]
Our media is tainted. Really - and we don’t even know it. Well, maybe we do, but the media sources will never admit it. They’ll even go so far as to fire someone for expressing support for a candidate. But it doesn’t make sense - the media is made up of people, like you and […]
Are you reading this on a piece of paper that was delivered to your door? Have you forgone delivery to your door for digital delivery of your favorite newspaper? Do you ONLY read a mainstream news source and never any other sources? Apparently Buzz Bissinger would prefer you not read anything but content that has […]
One of the things that drives me insane - and this is tangentially related to the last post - is the trend in this country to treat “elite” as a four-letter word - especially when coupled with “intellectual”. We talk about the importance of education in this country, the importance of a college education and […]
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