I was stunned the other night as I listened to a rebroadcast of Jian Ghomeschi interviewing Aisha Tyler [http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/08/11/best-of-q-aisha-tyler/]. The two talked about the pace of their lives, and the exchange went something like this as the talked turned to visiting…
I think there's a remarkable similarity in Mary Ruefle's short passage about writing posted by Austin Kleon [http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/92182229341] > “Everything has already been said and done. But, then, if this is so, why do we need more poems in the world?…
Listening to a radio broadcast of Eugene Onegin this afternoon prompts me to copy this old post [http://mikeschultz.posthaven.com/habit-in-praise-of-subtitles]— At the HD broadcast of Eugene Onegin, subtitles have given me more insight into the characters and action than I've ever had before. I was struck…
This morning I listened to Bob Edwards interview Giles Milton abour his new book, Russian Roulette: A Deadly Game: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Global Plot. Milton is quite a storyteller and he did a great job spinning tales of the exploits of Mansfield Cumming and Sidney Reilly.…
This much-cited thought on Twitter > No society can exist without reading. - Alberto Manguel — Dipo Okunfolami (@ladiscoDipo) March 9, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ladiscoDipo/statuses/442676903787651074] put me in mind of these thoughts from Ezra Pound's ABC of Reading. > If a nation’s literature declines, the…
At re/code, Ed Park makes a simple observation about What Health Care Can Learn from Amazon [http://recode.net/2014/02/26/what-health-care-can-learn-from-amazon/]. For Ed, the central issue is "consumer experience" and this paragraph captures his argument well. > The health care industry has been behind the…
From Neil deGrasse Tyson, shared at Tumblr by Explore [http://explore.noodle.org/post/77763773999/a-conversation-with-neil-degrasse-tyson-pair?utm_content=buffer064cc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer] , and to be remembered and shared widely. I think this pairs nicely with something else I saw at…
First, Ben Saunders, on completing the Scott Expedition > "With each step, try to reach a bit further forward than you think you can" - @polarben [https://twitter.com/polarben] #inspiration [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23inspiration&src=hash] #QuoteOfTheDay [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23QuoteOfTheDay&…