Milo and the Calf

Author: seanv2

  • Review: Delany’s 1984

    1984: Selected Letters Samuel Delany I have a Samuel Delany fetish. I have a google alert on the man’s name for Christ’s sake. I have read a bunch of his work, and hope to one day read it all, so I think I can say with some confidence that if you’re interested in Delany and…

  • Review: Adams and Frantz’s Full Service Bank: How BCCI Stole Billions Around the World

    Full Service Bank (How Bcci Stole Billions Around the World) James Ring Adams, Douglas Frantz If you know me, you know I have a deep and abiding love for books on business scandals. This shit fascinates me – the complexity of some of the fraud, the stupidity and greed of many of the people involved.…

  • Review: Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid

    Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution Peter Kropotkin When I used to work at Bound Together, an anarchist bookshop in San Francisco, they teased me because I had never read this book by Kropotkin (aka the anarchist formerly known as prince). The concept just seemed so basic that it didn’t seem necessary to read the…

  • Review: Al Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building

    The Yacoubian Building: A Novel Alla Al Aswany When I lived in Cairo in 2007, the Yacoubian Building was probably the most talked about book. Every time I brought up Mahfouz in a conversation, this book comes up as well. Written in 2002, but taking place during the time of the first Gulf War this…

  • Review: Raymond’s Cairo

    Cairo Andre Raymond   Its amazing to me that a city with a history so rich, that spans such important events in history of the world can be turned into such a boring book. I think Raymond is aping Braudel in this book with his focus on the economics and geographical changes that happened in…

  • Review: Cherryh’s Downbelow Station

    Downbelow Station (20th Anniversary) (Daw Book Collectors) C.J. Cherryh   If you’re going to say you know something about the science fiction genre (and for my own odd reasons I want to be able to say that*), you have to read C.J. Cherryh. She is one of the genre’s most respected writers both for the…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 7-19-2015

      Run Miles for the week: 16.5 in 2:35:26 Run Miles for the year: 814 Projected total run miles for the year: 1470.8 Weekly/Daily Average to reach 2k miles 7.4/51.6 Run Streak: 0 Did I hit every session of 18/55? N What did I miss? Bunch, did a mini taper for NYC Tri and didn’t…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 7.13.2015

      Run Miles for the week: 36.5 in 5:48:02 Run Miles for the year: 797.5 Projected total run miles for the year: 1500.5 Weekly/Daily Average to reach 2k miles 7.1/49.8 Run Streak: 0 Did I hit every session of 18/55? Y What did I miss? Nothing! Runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until…

  • Some thoughts on Shabbat and Cathedrals in Time

    The Sabbath, something E and I in our own way have been attempting to honor. We light candles, we say Kiddush,  but we’re not shomer shabbas (though I did schedule this posting, so it isn’t like I’m blogging on Shabbos!), and we don’t always get the candles lit by sundown. Still, you do what you…

  • Review: Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part III

    Henry VI Part III (Folger Edition) William Shakespeare I don’t know this for a fact, but I imagine the Henry the 6th plays are among the least performed in the Shakespeare cannon. Written early in Will’s career, they just aren’t very good. The first is really down right awful. It is confusing, poorly plotted and…