Confession of a Bookaholic

Confession of a Bookaholic

I buy books at a faster rate than I read. It’s a chronic condition, really.   Every time I finish a book, my optimism balloons to a size large enough to eclipse the fact that I have a day job. Sometimes I’m envious of the security guy at my office who seems to be...

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Resonance: When Thinking Loves Company

Resonance: When Thinking Loves Company

Thinking is a private act and one’s inner life is singularly one’s own. But while there is no twin to our mind—no other mind can mirror the totality of our thoughts—it can find partial reflections in others. This alone can invigorate the whole being.   I’m...

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Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes

Image source here.   Of all creatures living on this earth, none is more deserving of hatred than mosquitoes. With their buzzing in your ear and biting into your vein, no wonder a small feeling of victory follows when you’ve successfully slapped them dead: you...

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The Solitude of Thinking

The Solitude of Thinking

Photo credit: Sunset Girl   My head is my address. I live there, most of the time, alone.   Sometimes there are guests, but they’re usually only a few steps inside or peeking in through the window.   Introverts Anonymous, anyone?   I recently...

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The Story In Time

The Story In Time

Photo credit: dryicons   Time is something fleeting that’s barely felt in the present. Things move and change in time, but in the present, they are often imperceptible because we, the observers, move along with them. Only when we “pause and reflect,”...

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What If: Newest Addition to Our Nerdy Home

What If: Newest Addition to Our Nerdy Home

As the self-designated curator of the Elia-Loi library, I added Randall Munroe’s What If to our collection using the promotional credit I received from Amazon Prime Day. The full title is What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Awesome....

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Go Set A Watchman: A Conversation Starter

I love Go Set A Watchman (GSAW). I enjoy GSAW as a book, but I love it ever more as a phenomenon. From the story of how the manuscript was discovered, the speculation on whether or not Harper Lee was forced to publish it, the debate on whether it should or shouldn’t...

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