Failures in Polymathy

The Story of English in 100 Words – David Crystal

David Crystal wrote a nice little coffee-table of linguistic factoid.

Cloud Atlas made me want to reread a certain classic.

A brief announcement on the state of this blog.

This won a Pulitzer?

It isn’t enough to have just a valid point. You also need to have a sound argument.

Sometimes as you read a sequel you just hope beyond hope that it wasn’t a marketing departments decision.

If you come into a book looking to answer just one question, you may come out of it disappointed.

The ship of Theseus is a pretty applicable bit of philosophy. Here’s a thought: are you the same reader you were 20 years ago?

Have certain aspects of the past few year’s political climate not made much sense to you? You are not alone.

Some books are more akin to fast food than a proper meal.