Archive for September, 2006

Hear Christopher Moore

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

…over at the Authors On Tour Live site, the current podcast at the moment is Christopher Moore (previously mentioned), who’s touring A Dirty Job. (I read that the week it came out, and quite enjoyed it.) Check it out.

Overextended, and under-comprehending

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

I’ve been watching the housing boom–especially in the crazy U.S. markets like Boston and parts of California–with interest and a kind of schadenfreud-laden waiting for the bust to begin.
This most recent Businessweek article just confirms all my basic notions: that people do remarkably stupid things, especially when they are motivated by greed, and that they [...]

I have never ridden a turtle.

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

While preparing a ficititious biography for a friend’s soon-to-be-published first book, I came across Louis De Rougemont, a.k.a. Henri Louis Grin
His story is plenty weird enough to qualify for a blog post. Follow the link to see the long version at Wikipedia, but I have to quote a couple of bits here:
In 1898 he began [...]

I know a dude who’s 6′ 7″

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

I am either 6′ 2″ tall, or 6′ 3″ tall, depending on who you ask–it’s hard for me to say conclusively since I can’t actually measure myself, and reports differ. Trish is 5′ 10″. All indications are that Sarah will grow up to be at least a six footer.
So, what I read in Slate today [...]