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Monday, January 25, 2010

Poem of the Day: Margaret Blum

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Three Double Dactyls Busily-buzzily, Emily Dickinson Sipped from a flower and Got drunk on dew. Judge Otis Lord asked her, Semicensorio...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Poem of the Day: William Blake

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Proverbs of Hell (from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell ) In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. Drive your cart and your ...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

True Beltway Wisdom

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Michael Bérubé's fine parody of what passes for punditry these days is almost too subtle:  Scott Brown’s election this past Tuesday o...

Poem of the Day: Margaret Atwood

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It is dangerous to read newspapers  While I was building neat castles in the sandbox, the hasty pits were filling with bulldozed corpse...

Cutting the Cheese

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This is one of those clip collections that make you glad when you haven't seen the films. 
Friday, January 22, 2010

The Proust Project: Moving Day

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When I started the Proust Project a little over two months ago, I was unaware how much it would come to dominate this blog. And I realize t...

The Proust Project, Day 65

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Where this began Day 64 In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (translated by James Grieve), pp. 465-. From "On arriving at Elsti...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Just Do It

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Paul Krugman's advice (which he knows will go unheeded) to the Democrats: Bear in mind that the horrors of health insurance — outrageo...

The Proust Project, Day 64

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Where this began Day 63 In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (translated by James Grieve), pp. 450-465. From "On arriving at El...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

I Thought They Were Hibernating

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White House Says Bears Part Of Blame For Senate Loss --Reuters headline Language Log » An ursine crash blossom