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What to read: The Children's Book

August 5, 2009

I believe that I have come to the end of my attempt at reading Infinite Jest. Is the book “too much” for me? Perhaps. Probably not. So why did I stop? Too much exposition. Too much detail and not enough reason to want that detail. The characters’ lives, both inner and outer, are spread before … Continue reading What to read: The Children's Book

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July 28, 2009

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. — Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson

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June 5, 2009

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