Archive: Books category
As disciples of Christ, we talk a lot about enduring to the end and just how on earth (since heaven's still a bit out of reach) we're supposed to make it. I mean, it's hard. We forget. Stuck here on an earth far from heaven, blind to ...
So, I, um, dropped out of grad school today.
Technically, I only e-mailed my professors today to notify them, and I won't be calling the school till Monday to make it official, but the line has been drawn, the lot cast, my road forked. I've taken the step and, as ...
As you may have noticed in the screenshot on my last post, something new's afoot. It's a blog called Mormon Renaissance, and if you're interested at all in Mormon arts and culture, you need to get on over there and subscribe. :)...
Found an interesting post by Jeff Savage on the quality of LDS fiction:
I would tend to believe that in general the feeling...was that the quality of novels by most mainstream Mormon authors was substandard, and not worthy of his/her book club. First of all, let me say that this ...
Chris Harrison's Visualizing the Bible site has some fascinating graphs -- Bible cross-references (it's amazing how interconnected the books of the Bible are), a Biblical social network (ever wondered how popular David and Solomon really were? ;)), and the distribution of Biblical people and places. Thanks to ...
Not that I want to keep blogging about being sick, but since it has taken over my world for the moment, it'll unfortunately keep cropping up until it disappears. Which doesn't look like it'll be anytime soon. I've spent the whole day in bed, pretty much.
Almost. I ...
Tor is giving away free ebooks (thanks to Slashdot via James):
Tor Books is launching a new site and running a campaign in which they are giving away e-books (free as in beer) until the site goes live. To get in on the deal, fill out the form at ...
Just two little things today:
First, from NorthTemple, check out Strange Maps. Very cool. (Yes, I'm a cartophile.)
Second, I recently started using the self-checkout machines at Provo Library (since the circulation desk pretty much shrunk to the size of a postage stamp), and wow, I love them! ...
At the moment I feel like something Death hacked to bits with his scythe and then kicked through the streets. Nasty cough (the feds could land me in the clinker as a weapon of biological warfare at the moment), more congestion than New York City, head on the blacksmith's ...
From Nicole Engard via Gerrit, here's a question someone posted on a forum:
was just thinking. my sister does -alot- of reading, and spends like $1000 a year on just books alone. most of them she reads just once then never looks at again. is there any kind ...
