I stared at the idiot sentence for two hours, which is probably how my mind drifted upriver two years My life was perfect. A degree. A play. A job. A wife. My lungs. What else does a growing boy need? Admit it We All Need a Great Nikon (I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse)
Art of Living & Literature Across Frontiers: Summertime Reading:Frankly, my dear, I do give a damn
Ralph Nader - Ah, summertime reading.
Set aside the e-mails, close down the computer and pick up some good books. Here are some worthy suggestions ala non-fiction:
1. Harper's editor, Lewis H. Lapham, has written Gag Rule - On the Supppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy. What a sharp, concise pen, he has. "Dissent is Democracy. Democracy is in Trouble."
Another Iron Man, only in the area of citizen action and volunteerism, is Brian O'Connell. The nub of his new book is in his title-Fifty Years in Public Causes: Stories from a Road Less Traveled (Civil Society). If you bypass this book, you're yawning at your own risk.
Too busy to read books? Not this one-How to Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson-billed as "an antidote to our work-obsessed culture." Erudite and whimsical, it argues for being happy doing nothing. Gives you a relaxed frame of reference for slowing down.
• Go ahead, make my reading day [The Marquise, Catherine de Vivonne, unwittingly became the first salonière, starting a private oral culture that for more than four centuries would have a massive public impact, nurturing the artists, musicians, writers, philosophers and scientists who attended jours fixes in the homes of women Not just a place to do your hair ; Breast implants for 18-year-olds? Hymen reconstructions? The ugly side of beauty ; Trust me, it’s over. All the trendy New York kids are wearing Swedish denim; Why do Australians hang corks around their hats? ]
• · Love means never having to say you're sorry: The American Film Institute's list of 100 top movie quotes You can't handle the truth! ; According to an interview in Der Spiegel, the most German-sounding German newspaper of them all, Woody Allen would be honored to be thought of as a “European filmmaker.” THE Unbearable Burden Of Genius ; Employees' personal connections can be as valuable as their individual knowledge base. Social network analysis, or SNA, helps maximize a company's collective smarts Who Knows Whom, And Who Knows What?
• · · That folks can pick up a gadget approximately the size of a cigarette lighter at their local library, programmed with a current bestseller for their listening pleasure, is the realization of countless sci-fi movies and Philip K. Dick novels. The future has clearly arrived: Apple’s immensely popular iPod iPod to the Rescue: Can Digital Audio Save Publishing? ; Each year, more than 65,000 high school graduates are deported from the United States Hoping for a Miracle
• · · · At first blush, we might imagine that this story exaggerates our situation, but let us take a moment to count the loaves of bread that have recently changed hands and those that soon will. Then, let's ask why so many people are letting this happen The Chauffeur's Dilemma ; If you take something to read at the beach this summer make sure it is not one of George Orwell's books. The comparison with current events will ruin your day. In our time, political speech and writing is largely the defense of the indefensible The Return of '1984'
• · · · · The Worst Thing About Best Practices ; The fact is, any Spielberg movie is an event in itself War of the Worlds
• · · · · · Film director drowns in river as he saves his son ; The recent death of 33-year-old Tristan Egolf, a novelist cursed with promise at an early age, has given rise to a literary detective story A tragic, and familial, ending