I've shamefully neglected my literary endeavors over the past year. It's been months since I've been in our library. In fact, the last time I was there I held a book out at least three weeks past its due date. I'm sure the library insincerely thanks me for my small monetary donation.
Well anyway, Kottke.org schooled me today with a post telling me that The Atlantic Monthly was now available for free online. Once I started reading articles, it became a day long pursuit in between tasks at work. When I checked the mail at home, the latest issue of Smithsonian magazine had arrived. I barely noticed the nice dinner Matt made as I read each article, fingers becoming stained with ink from the front cover. Here's a selection of articles I devoured today and realized just how little I know and how much more I could know:
The $1.4 Trillion Question: What Do We Owe China?
After Iraq: A report from the new Middle East—and a glimpse of its possible future
The Truth About Jena: Why the media got it wrong
Cutting to the Scene with the Pixie
Ten years ago, I decided to do one of the most drastic things I had ever done to my hair. I went from a long style (below collarbone) to a p...
3 comments:
I think you will find this article very interesting as well......
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,529173,00.html
I didn't know Leo Kottke was involved in politics...
Sorry we missed you after din-din last night. PGirl had to leave for Chicage at 5:30 in the a.m.......
Pffft.
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