by David | Apr 6, 2010 | culture, reading & writing
I couldn’t help but notice the estimable Jason Scott’s profane and precise review of the new(ish) US passport design, not least for his use of the word “glurge.” I completely agree, and the RFID chip makes me sad, too. The Mac’s...
by David | Mar 7, 2010 | culture, economics, media, reading & writing
As you may know, the first rule of my book club is, well, I can’t tell you the first rule. One of the other rules is, when it’s your turn, you pick the book and that’s the book. No discussion, voting or appeals are needed. Sure, there’s...
by David | Dec 19, 2009 | culture, reading & writing, travel
Getting information in three languages you can’t speak is much more informative than getting it in just one.
by David | Dec 9, 2009 | culture, reading & writing
Last week, we took Book Club to a new level with a guest appearance by the author – Belmont’s own Toby Lester – of our chosen book, The Fourth Part of the World. I had worried that such an august presence would impede the club’s traditional...
by David | Nov 19, 2009 | reading & writing, working
And so, midway through the journey of life, I found myself printing out a dark forest’s worth of marketing emails so that they could then be scanned and the resulting file burned on a CD to be sent probably via FedEx. Indeed, I had strayed. The task was...
by David | Nov 8, 2009 | photo, reading & writing
In book club (Halloween edition) – Stephen King’s The Shining. Hard to read without memories of the film haunting you, but a page-turner nevertheless. Hard to say if this sort of thing can ever be as scary as it was the first time around. Picked up in...
