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Acquisitions for week of 1/23/11
A new feature, weekly intake of books bought or received. Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings, Penguin, (Borders) Moshe Idel, Messianic Mystics, Yale, (The Strand)
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Ugh
The less said about this week the better. I went too hard and too fast last weekend and I paid for it all week this week. Finally had to give in on Thursday and decide to take the rest of the week off. Back on the roads tomorrow, today, nothing but football for my fat…
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Samuel Delany Watch
Samuel “Chip” Delany is one of my favorite authors. His masterpiece, Dhalgren, is one of my favorite books. I’ll write more about Dhalgren and Delany in the future, but I wanted to bring your attention to a couple of recent Delany items. First, the great SF editor and writer Fredrick Pohl has done two great…
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The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Passage Justin Cronin The Passage is a seven hundred page vampire novel written by a novelist who graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop. That makes it a pretty rare bird. It is also a book I enjoyed tremendously. I imagine there is very little middle ground with this book. You either enjoy its epic…
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Training Totals 1.17.2011
RECAP: I am an idiot. I got to fifty this week, with faster than expected long run on Saturday and a very fast ten miler on Sunday, but I am paying for it now. My left PF is seriously inflamed. I can barely walk. I am an idiot. I was planning on this week being…
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Every Book I Read in 2010
Here is a list of every book I read in 2010, I’ve noted whether or not I would recommend it, not recommend it, or recommend it for the enthusiast. If a book is recommended I think you would enjoy it whether or not you are particularly interested in the area. Recommended for the enthusiast means…
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Consumption
Like many, much of how I relate to the world is filtered through the culture I consume. The books I read, the music I listen to, the movies and television I watch are a big part of who I am. I’d like to keep better track of what I read, watch and listen to, I’d…
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Training Totals 1.9.11
RECAP: Not the week I was hoping for, that’s for sure. I’m just going to pretend that I meant this to be a recovery week and move right along. My legs were dead tired by Wednesday and hitting forty miles for the week disappeared somewhere on Saturday morning. This week (which is already half over…
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The Return of Friday Inspiration
Another week of challenges is almost over. We’re getting more snow in New York, and I am once again behind in my mileage goals, but I’ll get it done, because that is what I do. Today I hope to squeeze in as many miles as I can, tomorrow, I’ll do 12 and sunday I’ll do…
Milo and the Calf 