The Truth

Look, ma, I made a meme. Well, I didn’t make a meme. I put text on an image already made into a meme. But that’s what passes for creativity in the 21st century. So how did this come about? Well, I’ve started reading Hagakure: The Book of the Samaurai which I bought at the end […]

So, Almost 10 Years Later….

I took a quick look at an old post (Good Book Hunting: August 27, 2007, and I zoomed in on the picture of my to-read shelves in Old Trees, and I thought, Man, I need to get to reading some of those books. Click for full size I see a bunch of them on the […]

I Have An Alibi, I Hope

The Mystery of the $2.5 Million Rare Book Heist: ate in the night on Jan. 29, three still-unknown thieves drilled through the skylight of a building near Heathrow Airport and rappelled 40 feet to the floor, bypassing the security alarms. They went straight to six specific crates that contained three dealers’ worth of books that […]

A Risible Untruth

Every year for Christmas, my mother-in-law gives us calendars. Last year, she made personal calendars for each of us with custom collages for each month. August, I rediscovered as I belatedly turned the calendar to the half-over new month, was books for me. She collected images from my blog of books I read last year, […]