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My new stove is installed and the old one is gone. Um, is one supposed to tip appliance delivery people? Because I didn't. I've never had an appliance delivered before. If one is indeed supposed to tip, then oops.
Interesting article from Ed Pilkington laying out exactly what Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel knew about the shooting of Laquan McDonald, and crucially, when he knew it. Not being from or in Chicago, most of the info and the timeline in the article was new to me, although it may not be to locals.
And an interesting article about Emma, the novel by Jane Austen. Warning: spoilers. If you haven't read the book and there is the slightest possibility you may wish to in the future, don't read this article. I can't believe I'm giving spoiler warnings about a 200 year old book, but there we have it.
Some years ago I was on a bus with two people who were, judging by their conversation, in a university English lit class together. The young woman in the conversation had already read Pride and Prejudice, the young man was reading it for the first time as it was an assigned text and they would start discussing it in class in two weeks. He had avoided the book and mini-series previously because of their respective chick lit and chick flick reputations, and was really, REALLY excited by how surprisingly good the book was. Cutting for his spoiler-y comments:
( Read more... ) The woman didn't breathe a word, obviously didn't want to wreck the rest of the book for him by spoiling it.
There's nothing like reading a really excellent book for the FIRST time, and FIRST encountering a terrific plot twist. The re-read is great too, but the sense of discovery, of awe and wonderment, is missing. So, if you've never read Emma, go read it! You can get it free on Kindle thanks to the Gutenberg Project.
Interesting article from Ed Pilkington laying out exactly what Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel knew about the shooting of Laquan McDonald, and crucially, when he knew it. Not being from or in Chicago, most of the info and the timeline in the article was new to me, although it may not be to locals.
And an interesting article about Emma, the novel by Jane Austen. Warning: spoilers. If you haven't read the book and there is the slightest possibility you may wish to in the future, don't read this article. I can't believe I'm giving spoiler warnings about a 200 year old book, but there we have it.
Some years ago I was on a bus with two people who were, judging by their conversation, in a university English lit class together. The young woman in the conversation had already read Pride and Prejudice, the young man was reading it for the first time as it was an assigned text and they would start discussing it in class in two weeks. He had avoided the book and mini-series previously because of their respective chick lit and chick flick reputations, and was really, REALLY excited by how surprisingly good the book was. Cutting for his spoiler-y comments:
( Read more... ) The woman didn't breathe a word, obviously didn't want to wreck the rest of the book for him by spoiling it.
There's nothing like reading a really excellent book for the FIRST time, and FIRST encountering a terrific plot twist. The re-read is great too, but the sense of discovery, of awe and wonderment, is missing. So, if you've never read Emma, go read it! You can get it free on Kindle thanks to the Gutenberg Project.