No matter what my stepmother says about how awesome it is, a Kindle will not darken my door until certain issues are resolved. Namely (h/t): Having learned all this, I went along and had a closer look at the current Kindle License Agreement. There is some simply petrifying stuff on there. For starters, you don’t …
Category Archive: books
Nov 18 2010
Sometimes, To Read is To Write
When it’s research, it counts, damn it. And I’m counting Written in Stone as research. It’s got bits on equine evolution I’ve needed for years. It’s mine. My own. My precious Written in Stone. And I’m going to spend the next two nights reading it, damn it. Good thing for you lot that I had …
Oct 31 2010
Give Someone a Good Scare
So, Neil Gaiman’s started a new Halloween tradition I can definitely get behind: All Hallow’s Read. Give someone a scary book today. Look, I know it’s already Halloween. That’s no excuse. The bookstores are open. You’ve got five minutes. Just do it. Now to think up something scary to give. Romance novel? Something from the …
Sep 12 2010
In Which I Tell You About That Time I Read the Koran
George has this habit of making me think. Last night, he voiced every thought I wish I had the eloquence to voice on the whole Koran-burning-pastor kerfluffle. If you haven’t read it, go now and do so. Sums it up rather wonderfully. And then, there’s his promised response, Protesting Xenophobic Ignorance. Yes! That’s how …
Sep 10 2010
The Poetry and Prose of Ellen Morris Bishop
One of my favorite science writers is Ellen Morris Bishop. She wrote In Search of Ancient Oregon, which I’ve lavished much-deserved praise on here and cannot recommend highly enough. If I could personally grab each of you by the lapels, give you a good shake, and scream “Buy this book!” in your faces, I’d do …
Sep 07 2010
Save Yourselves from the Evil Garden Gnomes
How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is now available (h/t). Arm yourselves with the definitive guide to defeating the little buggers. Get them before they get you! Do not wait for the paperback. By then, it may be too late!
Aug 22 2010
Ogods, Decisions – Geologists in the Audience, Halp!
It’s that time again – got me bonus, must stimulate the economy. I already have me music picked out, but ye olde book list is gargantuan. So what do I do? Make it bigger! Need moar geology. So all you geologists and geology-enthusiasts in the audience, this is your chance to influence the composition of …
Aug 22 2010
Plastic is for Grocery Bags
Our own George W. has a thought-provoking post up pitting paper against plastic – in books. Now seems like as good a time as any to take a stand I’ll possibly end up backing away from someday. My stepmother, who recently sold me out for one o’ them new-fangled handheld-computers-that-can-sometimes-make-phone-calls contraptions, has also been extolling …
Aug 15 2010
I Require a Sugar Daddy
That’s the only conclusion I can come to. So many books, so little time and money. The problem has become acute, because I just discovered a whole slew of books I didn’t know existed but desperately need to own. It all began when Ron posted a comment telling me about the Roadside Geology of Mount …
Aug 15 2010
Palinisms and a Very Good Point
Lockwood takes note of the new book of Palinisms soon to be published, and makes a damned good point: However, I think that simply listing all these strange quotes (and they are strange) for the LOLs misses the point. First, it gets old pretty quick. Second, it overlooks, even obscures, the strange phenomenon of Palin: …
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