Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday

Child of the Dark The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus

I’m going away for the weekend. My need to get away accelerates, even as my free time decreases. The news of the day is depressing. We are broke, stupid and in poor health. Only atheists are routinely smart enough to correctly answer a 15 question religion/history quiz. Some even think …

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Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday

Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday is back. Feel free to play. I have read of the corporate desire to re-brand the poison formerly known as high fructose corn syrup. They want to rename the goods, hoping we suffer product amnesia and forget that (as with that rose …

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Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday

The eye

Welcome to Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday. I’m hoping someone has managed to read a page or two of People, or Runners World, in order to contribute some dignified commentary. I’ve already posted this week that I will miss the location of my old job — far …

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Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday

I have seen hundreds of books come and go. In reality more books came then went. Consequently, I sit here looking at shelves stuffed and leaking of books from all places in time. I realize the time has come for a few of these books to move on. These books, …

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Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday

Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday is back. I’ve had one of my old NYU friends visiting. I brought her back from the sea as a matter of fact, so she has been here awhile. She’s leaving tomorrow. I will miss her. If it weren’t for her tendency …

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