I’ve been doing a considerable amount of research into life in the American West in 1890, which reminded me of these two great reads. I simply disappeared between the covers of this book. Hilarious, heart-breaking and oh so real, this isn’t just a story about a cowboy and the cowboying way of life, it’s about…
Quote: “Bullshit is language, statistical figures, data graphics, and other forms of presentation intended to persuade by impressing and overwhelming a reader or listener, with a blatant disregard for truth and logical coherence.” Dana sez, “Calling bullshit” is aka “teaching critical thinking,” which imo we should start teaching from kindergarten on. (h/t Sue and Stewart) Quote:…
Welcome to the Land of the Standing Up Rocks, aka the Chiricahua National Monument, a collection of standing stones worn by wind and weather into weird and wonderful shapes. Those mountains in the distance are the Dragoon Mountains, where the Chiricahua Apache leader Cochise’s Stronghold is. He died there and his people rode their horses…
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I read S.J. Rozan’s most recent novel in January and reviewed it here, where I said, and I quote myself without shame: I do so love me an ending where maybe not everyone gets what they want but everyone who deserves it gets their due. A novel where you get a dozen plots for the…
I first read this book back in my teens, and I was in Hawaii recently and decided it was time to reread it. It has held up really well in the interim. Okay, Michener not the greatest master of the craft of writing, agreed, but he knows how to tell a story. Here he tells…
Read more Pake Kokua (Hawaiian for, roughly, Chinese Helper, which really ought to read Saint).
Quote: “The companies outline futures in which regular people can zip between neighboring cities in a matter of minutes, sailing above traffic and reordering the economy as they go.”Dana sez, Calling George Jetson… (h/t Wired Weekly) Dana sez, love There I Ruined It. And no, he didn’t. (h/t Kottke) Quote: “[T]he Trump administration is putting…
As usual, the Danamaniacs were the real stars of the show. Meaning at the launch of The Harvey Girl at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore on February 28th. But click through the link below and watch for yourself. We laughed a lot. And click through here to join the Danamaniacs. It’s the best…
How about some good old fashioned doowop today?
