“I am not a survivor,” "I am a crumbling remnant”

“I am not a survivor,” says John Lukacs, 94. "I am a crumbling remnant” of the end of the 500-year-long Age of Books Via Dr RL Cope  

“Let me confess something.” “Let me summarize.” “Let me give a couple of examples.” Writers don't ask permission. It’s your book, do what you want Cold Reality of Words and Oxygen inside Cold River 

“I had no idea that ____ was so interesting!” Canoes, oranges, the Merchant Marine – how doesJohn McPhee get us to care about such subjects?   Making up more stories 

• American movie thearter, R.I.P.
• The missing Magritte
• Has Theroux lost it?
• Jerry A. Fodor, R.I.P.
• Punctuation can be fun!
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• OH, MY:  Scientists find over 300 ‘incredibly well-preserved’ dinosaur eggs
  
  BAH. UNLESS I’M MUCH MISTAKEN RIGHT NOW WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW LIKELY PLANETS ARE TO HAVE A MAGNETOSPHERE.  WE MUST RESEARCH THIS, AND WE MUST GO.  ALL THIS DOOM AND GLOOM IS JUST SO MUCH “HERE BE DRAGONS”:  The possibility of life beyond our solar system just got a lot slimmer