James Joyce and the Rule of Fifty

> "Life is too short to read a bad book." James Joyce. — Norma Jeane (@surrealistkedi) May 30, 2016 [https://twitter.com/surrealistkedi/status/737084335719874561] Oridinally seen at Tumblr [http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/145152651545/amospoe-life-is-too-short-to-read-a-bad-book]…

April means Poetry Month

A. A. Knopf reminds us that Poetry Month is coming with this lovely lyric by Jane Hirshfield [http://aaknopf.tumblr.com/post/113509761963/poetry-month-is-coming-join-us-again-this-april] > Quartz Clock > The ideas of a physicist can be turned into useful objects: a rocket, a quartz clock, a microwave oven for cooking. The…

The End

Some juxtapositions are simply too good to pass on. First, from Explore [http://explore.noodle.com/post/97730787288/how-we-die-surgeon-and-bioethicist-sherwin] — Them, moments later, from Clive James via Austin Kleon at Tumblr [http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/97692980281]—…