Minor Thoughts

I admit that I like physical books partly because I can show off what I’ve read and which authors and titles I really like. There was definitely a plan behind which books are upstairs and visible to guests and which books are relegated to the basement bookshelves. Buying eBooks is nice but I miss having something to display. I think I’d like to be able to buy the cover art to my favorite books, to display on my walls.

what non-fiction book should I read next? I have a lot of great books queued up to read. The list is so good that I’m really having a hard time deciding which one to take off the shelf first. So, what do you think I should read?

I’m really starting to enjoy Indian food but it usually looks like a lot of work to prepare it. I recently discovered The Indian Slow Cooker — a collection of recipes, for making Indian food in a crock pot.

Can a simple accessory change your life? I guess it depends on how easily the course of your life is altered. But this M-Edge Kindle 2 case did change my life in a minor way. Nothing earth shattering. I haven’t discovered a new direction, found new motivation, or rededicated myself to the assistance of aged grandmothers caring for bewildered orphans. On the other hand, I do read my Kindle far, far more than I used to.

Do not think of the Kindle as replacing the book. Bury that thought. Bury it deep. Then go and hold a favorite book in your hand. Enjoy. Then pile 50 of your favorite books and carry them with you all day, through airports, onto airplanes, checking into hotels, sitting in meetings, reading in …

Yesterday I found trying to write the archetypal 500-word op-ed so much fun that this morning I’ve decided to write a couple more on (what I will charitably call) the art form. And because Rabbi Jesus advised us to go where the sinners are – an idea revealing of His divine understanding of marketing …

So, hey, it’s been more than 3 weeks since I last wrote anything over here. Time sure flies when you’re having fun, don’t it? And I have been having fun, never doubt that. I have several personalities trapped inside my skull. There’s the wannabe theology wonk, the wannabe healthcare policy wonk, the system administrator, the …

As the wedding day of yours truly draws ever closer (golly, can it be less than two weeks away now?), certain facts of life are becoming impossible to ignore any longer. Among these: that my freedom to loaf for days’ worth of time playing a much-anticipated video game with my brother shall soon meet …

The Economist’s new Lexington columnist (a charming detail of the magazine is that its regular columnists all write under psuedonyms, but rather than create new ones when they are hired they instead receive the psuedonym of the writer who worked their beat before them) kicks off his tenure with an article about atheist camps for …

Now this is interesting (well, to me):

I don’t know much about the current situation in Honduras, but most of the news reports I’ve heard have generally portrayed the ouster of its president Manuel Zelaya as a military coup, albeit one of a man who seemed likely to make a play for the role of dictator.

Well, …