Monthly Bookpost, June 2013
What I read last month. I've come to the part of Medieval history where the most enduring literature consisted of Norse sagas where the smoldering volcanic passions are buried under tons of glaciers...
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What I read last month. Three books on the Amanda Knox case, including Knox's own memoir, and more works about and from the Middle Ages, with a heavy dose of sagas from the dark ages as well as three...
View ArticleMonthly Bookpost, August 2013
What I read last month, heavy on the Middle Ages. Maimonides, Aquinas, Chaucer, Georges Duby on the Age of Cathedrals, and the usual assortment of historical mysteries set in the era.Also in the mix...
View ArticleMonthly Book Post, September 2013
What I read last month. Several classic "great books", including six more books of the Bible, the Baghvad Gita, Thomas Aquinas and Copernicus.Some modern classics, including Atwood's Blind Assassin,...
View ArticleMonthly Bookpost, October 2013
What I read last month.The centerpiece, for politically minded people, is William Ecenbarger's account of the Pennsylvania juvenile judge who accepted bribes to keep his rich buddy's juvenile jail full...
View ArticleMonthly Bookpost, November 2013. You read 16 tomes, and what do you get?
What I read last month, with the usual mix of heavy duty scholarly works (as usual per my Medieval year, centered on religion and history) and fun. This month, we haveThe Decline and Fall of the Roman...
View ArticleForbidden Words and Phrases 2014
Accidental RacistBadasseryBelieberBlahhndBoots on the groundBqhatevwrBut I'm a nice guy!Cantaloupe calvesCarlos DangerCautiously optimisticChained CPICray-crayCunt puntDerpDouche-BroDuck Dynasty(more...
View ArticleMonthly Bookpost, December 2013
What I read last month as I said goodbye to a year of reading concentrated in the Middle Ages and the Bible and enjoyed a bit of light reading for the holidays. In this month's selections:The last...
View ArticleFrom the Kos Songbook: The GW Bridge Song
(sung to "The 59th Street Bridge Song", Simon & Garfunkel)Slow down, you're at our mercy We closed a highway in New Jersey The Mayor is a Democrat The revenge of Gov'ner Christie(Da-da-da-da-da-da,...
View ArticleMonthly BookPost, January 2014
It's a new year, and a new set of books to read. Having finished my not-very-pleasant year of traipsing through the theology-centric Middle Ages, this year the scholarly part of my reading list...
View ArticleMonthly Book Post, February 2014
What I read last month, with a 2014 emphasis on 15th and 16th century books, and much more.This month--from/about the later middle ages: Bocaccio's The Decameron Machiavelli't The Prince and the...
View ArticleMonthly Bookpost, March 2014
What I read last month, with a continuing decade-long focus on the great books of history. This year, the 15th and 16th Centuries.Historical: Erasmus's Colloquies Nicholas of Cusa's Of Learned...
View ArticleMonthly Book Post, April 2014
What I read last month...15th/16th Century, from my decade-long Great Books project:Guicciardini's History of Italy Vasari's Lives of the Artists Montaigne's Essays, Vol. 1 ...and several period...
View ArticleFrom the Kos Songbook: What does FOX Say?
Once again, something so simple I'm surprised no one seems to have gotten to it first...tune: Ylvis, "The Fox"Democrats have their queen Clinton II in sweet '16 Senator. Candidate. And the Secret'ry...
View ArticleMonthly Book Post, May 2014
What I read last month. Still delving into the 15th and 16th Centuries...Modern: Parasite, by Mira GrantThe Diviners, by Margaret LaurenceHard Magic and Spellbound, by Larry CorreiaThe Godfather, by...
View ArticleMonthly Book post, June 2014
What I read last month. MODERN:The Eye of the World, by Robert JordanWarbound, by Larry CorreiaAncillary Justice, by Ann LeckieAmericanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNOT SO MODERN:The Leopard, by...
View ArticleMonthly Bookpost, july 2014
What I read this month:(Old) Huizinga's The Waning of the Middle AgesWritings of Martin Luther Galileo's Dialogues Concerning the Two New Sciences ...and the usual array of historical murder mysteries,...
View ArticleFrom the Kos Songbook: No More Burger Kings
Just in time to post on Labor Day (tune: Schoolhouse Rock, "No More Kings")Picket signs and marches Fallen Golden Arches Pre-formed meats and starches, Whoppers and lies...Keith Kramer had a dream To...
View ArticleMonthly Bookpost, August 2014
What I read last month, including the latest in my decade-long "Great Books through History" trek. In this installment:Montaigne's Essays, Vol. II. Francis Bacon, The New OrganonRobert Louis Stevenson,...
View ArticleMonthly Book Post, September 2014
What I read last month, with some emphasis on the Great Books of the 16th century. In this edition:Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch Vonnegut's Bluebeard Francis Bacon's Essays William Harvey's On the...
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