Trying One More Time
On Saturday, I was shopping for a hammer. I looked at a few, together with my son. I noted that one had a leather handle, and that it probably wasn’t what I was looking for.
Master Hughes:
Buy a sledgehammer.
Me:
I don’t need a sledgehammer.
Master Hughes:
I want a sledgehammer.
Me:
Whatever do you want a sledgehammer for?
Master [...]
Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their forest friends are "seriously troubled individuals" according to Canadian researchers.
It all started when my friend Jesse told me that if you get a strobe light fast enough, you can make it look like dripping water is going in slow motion or even backwards.
Read: The Time Fountain
I’m pretty sure Cthulhu is not as nice as the analysis suggests.
Read: Kabalistic Names
A metaphor that is already a couple of years old, and I haven’t noticed it until now. But it is a fitting metaphor — or it may be, if the weblogger is inclined to make use of the Internet in such a manner.
Or is the coffeehouse a more fitting metaphor? I think it a [...]
The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor
The Coffee-house: A Cultural History by Markman Ellis
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld