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Lately I’ve been doing a bit of [tag]reading[/tag], much of it non-fiction. The latest book I’ve finished is Charles Wheelan’s [tag]Naked Economics[/tag]. I don’t know what prompted me to pick it up in the bookstore a few weeks ago, much less seek it out in the public library here to finish it. Perhaps I am [...]

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“Both elbows on the table, I covered my face with my palms. Inside that darkness, I saw rain falling on the sea. Rain softly falling on a vast sea, with no one there to see it. The rain strikes the surface of the sea, yet even the fish don’t know it’s raining. Until someone came [...]

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Somebody recalled the book [tag]Why?[/tag] by Charles Tilly a day or two ago and I didn’t think I’d get back from Philadelphia in time to return it without incurring some fees, so I decided to read it that day. It’s a pretty interesting book about interactions between people and the reasons they give for the [...]

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I got home a little bit ago, brushed and flossed and got ready for bed and am now sitting in bed not feeling as ready to sleep as I should be. I think this may be due to the sizable amount of mild stimulants I ate earlier because I was worried I’d fall asleep in [...]

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Last Tuesday somebody recalled the copy of [tag]Kazuo Ishiguro[/tag]‘s [tag]Never Let Me Go[/tag] I had checked out from the library. So, as I had a week to read it before I’d have to wait in the recall line again, I decided to try and read it. I was originally inspired to read it because I [...]

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