The Quote Of The Month
Lyle Denniston has been covering the Supreme Court for 54 years as a reporter (he is 81). After he retired from the Boston Globe a few years ago he started writing for the SCOTUSblog, a little known blog that covers as you might have guessed the Supreme Court. It used to get only a few ...
“He Saw It, He Loved It, He Ate It”
Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily—but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved ...
This Is Kind Of Disheartening
We can suggest what you should do next, what you care about. Imagine: We know where you are, we know what you like. Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google
Great Opening Lines From Sci-fi Novels
IO9′s has done a nice little roundup of their favorite opening lines from science fiction novels. Two I like include: “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” — William Gibson, Neuromancer. “Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own.” — Dan Brown, ...
As Seen On The Internet
George Orwell is banging on the lid of his coffin and screaming, “1984 was a cautionary tale, you dolts, not a motivational speech!”
Daily Quote
“Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.” – Blaise Pascal
Opening Page of The Third Policeman
One of my favorite books and opening pages in any novel is Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman: When I awoke again two thoughts came into my head so closely together that they seemed to be stuck to one another; I could not be sure which came first and it was hard to separate them and ...
