The Story In Time
Photo credit: dryicons Time is something fleeting that’s barely felt in the present. Things move and change in time, but in the present, they are often imperceptible because we, the observers, move along with them. Only when we “pause and reflect,”...
What If: Newest Addition to Our Nerdy Home
As the self-designated curator of the Elia-Loi library, I added Randall Munroe’s What If to our collection using the promotional credit I received from Amazon Prime Day. The full title is What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Awesome....
Go Set A Watchman: A Conversation Starter
I love Go Set A Watchman (GSAW). I enjoy GSAW as a book, but I love it ever more as a phenomenon. From the story of how the manuscript was discovered, the speculation on whether or not Harper Lee was forced to publish it, the debate on whether it should or shouldn’t...
Happiness Is Pursuit
When I look back to the time periods I’ve felt happiest, I’d say they are times when I am in intense pursuit of some goal—knowledge, skill, project, service, mission, etc. Before somebody lectures me about happiness vs. joy, I want to say that I am not talking about...
The Paper Towel Problem
In the women’s bathroom on my office floor, there are these paper towel dispensers that frustrate me on a regular basis. They’re just the standard paper towel dispensers that you pull out folded white paper towels from the bottom. No sensor, no lever, just...
9 Feeds to Follow If You Love Reading
Photo credit: dryicons If you love books and book reviews, these websites are excellent resources to find new reading materials. The New York Times > Books I love the NYT! More often than not, I get that satisfied feeling after reading its...
Book Trail: Beloved
Beloved by Toni Morrison How I Came Across the Title Some time last year, I saw this Toni Morrison’s interview with Stephen Colbert (I miss Colbert!). She said something amazing. After 20-something years, she read Beloved again a few weeks before the interview....
Book Review: Beloved
Toni Morrison, Beloved, Penguin Putnam Inc., 1998. Chilling. Powerful. Mysterious. Beautiful. Like a painting. Beloved is a work of art. And like many pieces of art, there are aspects of it that I don’t understand. I’m not too left-brained, however, to miss the...
Book Trail: Thinking, Fast and Slow
How I Came Across the Title The real question is, How could I not come across Thinking, Fast and Slow? The book was displayed wherever books were sold when it came out in 2011. I was always tempted to buy it due to its very intriguing title, but that year was when I...