Voracious reader with a certain verbal attitude. Posted January 28, 2010. Over the holidays and even a bit after them, I took refuge in books with proven track records. And for the sake of my mental health, I needed the tried and true to get to mid-January unscathed. Unsurprisingly, I loved many of the classic books I read! By Donna Tartt.

8220;Daring, surreal, and darkly dystopian. Imagine a future where orphan children are adopted by international corporations and forced into indentured servitude, where zombie viruses are spread through heterosexual intercourse, where Osama bin Laden is cloned by the thousands for public execution. Welcome to the world of. And all sales are final. Watch a weird book trailer.

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An opinionated, occasionally cranky, occasionally snarky blog on medical meetings from the viewpoint of a medical journalist. Tuesday, July 01, 2008. The Carbon Footprint of Medical Conferences. About whether medical conferences are worth their environmental cost. In the June 28, 2008 issue of the BMJ, Dr. Professor emeritus of respiratory medicine at Imperial College, London, argues.

Thursday, May 22, 2014. I walk around town in a daze, dizzy, fat, unalterable, faltering at the corners when I have to step off the curb, trying to keep my back straight and move along before the lights turn red. Heavy traffic even now, at midday. People with dough burning up the planet. Somebody is walking next to me.

8230;Changing Mugs and Turning Over New Leaves. Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Evil mug pictured above on the right. It instantly replaced my previous writing mug, a slim white one that I had pilfered from some workplace back in my starving post-grad school days, when pilfering from The Man was a source of pride. To things, a p.

Third Street Books - the blog. Tidbits and thoughts from your local bookseller. Friday, December 9, 2011. This whole Ditch Amazon Day has been interesting, to say the least. There have been some flubs. One news outlet listed the wrong store in their article. Another just listed that we are asking people to bring in proof that they bought. Wednesday, December 7, 2011.