Perhaps one of the biggest advancements technology can make in our lives comes when we realize the power of simply turning it off for a while.
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Bill O'Reilly warned gay marriage would lead to people wedding turtles, so Jon Stewart points out Mitch McConnell resembles a….turtle.—
Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) May 11, 2012
Remember that every son had a mother whose beloved son he was, and every woman had a mother whose beloved son she wasn’t.
Why I like writing fiction better than writing nonfiction
A friend of mine writes nonfiction. She has just turned her latest book in, and is now going through a grueling process of having the fact-checkers at her publishers go through every word and every minute of recorded interviews.
As for me, I write my memoirs. Is this fiction? No, not really. Is this nonfiction? No, not really.
I did not have a tape recorder going during my waking hours. I did, for the most part, not have a tape recorder. Can I remember every word said? I do not have Truman Capote’s facility with accurate memory. The best I can do is remember it as well as I can, and not be afraid of the memories.
qotd
Writing is a struggle against silence.
The book choices
As for the Reading I Did Choose…
Several:
- A Clash of Kings because I’m addicted to it, and so is my son, and I have to keep up with him.
- Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult, which I have already skimmed through.
- Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. I had totally forgotten that this book was just released. I continue with the intertwined lives of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
That seems to be it for now.
Related articles
- The reading list May 9, 2012 (white-pebble.net)
- Hilary Mantel ‘Bring Up The Bodies’ (broadconversation.com)
- “Lone Wolf” by Jodi Picoult (realruth.wordpress.com)
- Hilary Mantel’s Heart of Stone (slate.com)
- ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ a wonderful, terrible sequel to ‘Wolf Hall’ (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- The Life and Times of Thomas Cromwell: Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (tor.com)
- ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ a wonderful, terrible sequel to ‘Wolf Hall’ (kansascity.com)
- Hilary Mantel’s Disasters (thedailybeast.com)
- Extract: Bring up the Bodies (guardian.co.uk)
Got fed up with need to "unlock" documents in Lion. Found option to disable it, stupidly located in SP>Time Machine>Options.—
Ted Landau (@tedlandau) May 07, 2012
