... and very funny: Dear Diary, I Think I'm in Love . (Hat tip,Paul Davis.)

... The winning poems . ... The commentary . ... The judge .

... and it's pretty varied: My 2007 in Books .

... From Amis to Zeppelin, what your web searches reveal . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... for some it's the only thing: Is it too late...

... What Time should have done .

... of those who were truly great, and wonders: Twilight of the greats? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) I'm not much into greatness myself.

... Clues to Chandler . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... featuring unwritten books, Hunter Thompson, Wordsworth's girlfriend - and much more . And, just in case you missed it, here's my...

... David Harsanyi on Andrew Keen: Is the Internet destroying our culture, or is it just annoying our snobs? The problem, [Keen] maintains, ...

... Two authors, a rabbi and an atheist, debate religion and science . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) But then Harris made a serious point, noting th...

... `I Won't Try to Put the Experience Into Words' . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) We can all do without the smug - whether they "beli...

... criticism from an atheist that carries quite a sting: Mankind is more than the janitor of planet Earth .

... addressing the redneck problem . I think reveals much about a certain kind of mindset.

...and reviews? Try BookwormHole .

... Russians are going wild for P G Wodehouse . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... Enemies of thought .

... and my stepdaughter Gwen and her family are coming down from Massachusetts for a visit. Blogging will resume when I have time.

... if he were planning to tour the Middle East: Dawkins to preach atheism to US . I'm sorry. I read The God Delusion and was singularl...

... Keeping Silence . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) "Funny how when we think of ourselves as a thing, we truly come to acquire the attributes o...

... to see if it works (apparently it does, and quite well): The future, ahead of schedule . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Well, I tried it with Jac...

... I blogged: Timeline: The Life of the Blog .

... Raymond Tallis on Parmenides . It may be time ... to go back to the time when our cognitive godfather set us on a road to the secular un...

... A Christmas in Wales - but not a child's. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... I ponder Putting the classics on a diet .

... courtesy of Rus Bowden: Jump Cut: War is hell, but inspires deep poetry . Britain celebrates Charles Wesley's life, legacy . Willia...

... about C.S. Lewis: Their Disbelief Is My Strength . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Occasionally, there have been comments posted here asserting th...

... Call for a new awakening . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Parmenides matters not just for philosophy. One of the effects of the moribund state of...

... by Henry Ossawa Tanner, one of this country's best painters: The Annunciation .

... Monday, December 24, 2007 . R.S. Thomas is my candidate for best British poet after Auden. (I say British because Thomas himself would h...

... are kindred spirits: A Happy Clappy Squirmalong . I had to endure one of those ghastly pop hymns this morning, something called "Ge...

... sort of , but this is a different take, to be sure - naturally, I support it: A New Common Language for the European Union . I should th...

... However virtuous, virtual science is no substitute for the real thing . Edward O. Wilson is mentioned in the article linked to above. H...

... featuring Picasso, Nureyev, and the Tyson-Douglas fight - and much more! Since Maxine has brought up Christopher Fry in the comments, I...

... Tony Blair Converts to Catholicism . Three years ago, I reviewed Philip Stephens's Tony Blair:The Making of a World Leader. Here is ...

... so this is what Expelled is about: Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Life’s Origin . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) I now agree with Jeff McDo...

... I am fighting off a cold. Blogging will be light.

... Has global warming stopped? And in the New Statesman no less.

... Atheism and the Avoidance of the SBO . Well, Bryan is right on the money with this. Actually, I have had a nearly lifelong suspicion tha...

... than never: Buying books for Christmas .

... Tom Hurka Interview on Bernard Suits's The Grasshopper . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... Best of the Year Roundup .

... to a theater near you: Expelled . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... The Vatican’s Relative Truth . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) In each case, Benedict was actually trying to make a deeper point worth hearing. In...

... 2007 The Best Books: Poetry . and here is Eric Ormsby on Ted Hughes: Autobiography of a Mythic Life . (Links courtesy of Dave Lull.)

... we can only hope: Becoming a Web star .

... E pluribus unum .

... Laws of Nature, Source Unknown . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

.... Carlin Romano ponders When Thinking Is a Dissident Act . (Hat tip, dave Lull.)

... and not too good at it, either: `A Nut-Job Blog Before the Fact' .

... The Books .

... pondering a world without reading: Twilight of the Books . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.) ... pondering a world with readers . I like this: “an...

... until tomorrow. It's been a long day and included the funeral of a friend . Sometimes it's good to have some quiet time.

... and shouldn't have: Sunday Salon: Scent of the Night . My bad.

... Men at work (IV) . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... That Diana Letter in Full . (This gives you the opportunity to read Bryan's heartwarming account of Diana's funeral.)

... Inquirer film critic Steven Rea on Steve Erickson's latest: Zeroville, Must Read .

... at the Urban Dictionary . (Hat tip, Judith Fitzgerald.)

... the eight issue of Autumn Sky Poetry is up.

... via Rus Bowden: xmas cheer . Blue's Reviewing the Bookstore Massacre . (Really neat.) Carol Saba looks at Adam Zagajewski's Ordi...

... and Jorn: Advice to new bloggers . The importance of linking has eluded many in the MSM who undertake to blog. Yes this deserves a look:

... to turn the multiverse notion to the advantage of theism: God and the multiverse . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... in the last century: George Mackay Brown . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Here's To the Tibetan Refugees.

... or the Nobelist from Trinidad . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... Searching for the holly grail . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... a chat with Terry Eagleton: The armchair revolutionary . This is a very good article (despite this preposterous assertion: "His ear...

... I have become involved in a discussion over at Bryan's blog: New Jersey's Death Penalty .

... and writers: Poetry Stand: How a precocious group of high school poets learned to provide verse on demand.

... featuring Melville, Henry Adams and Inanimate Alice . Also, Carlin Romano looks at Two polar, persuasive stand...

... Laura Huxley has died: Widow of Aldous Huxley preserved his legacy . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... What If Ben Were One of Us? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) I suspect he would be. Though I must confess that regarding Ben, I am of one mind wit...

... in her Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Doris Lessing deplored what she called the inanities of the Internet: A hunger for books . Chris B...

... discovery, that is: Errol Morris Creates a New Literary Form . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) I have to say that what I found especially interes...

... 1966 Fowles Letter to High School Student Sheds Light on The Magus .

... otherwise known as being: God debates . I like this from John Polkinghorne: ". . . the order and disorder which intertwine in the ...

What's so good about these indigestible birds? My goose was cooked — and it wasn’t very good . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) The principal probl...

... or whoever you want, but I'm glad somebody said it: On a stairway to Hell . It must say something about how tame youth music has bec...

... The Back Page: Fighting the Good Fight . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Apparently, I have been a subscriber to the Panzaic theory without knowin...

... and tomorrow. So blogging will be light - because there are other things I have to do.

... Race Poll Sign of Hope and Despair . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Why post this on a book blog? Because it has to do with humanity and that is ...

... first, here is Terry Teachout's Sursum corda , in which reference is made to Conon McPherson's play, The Seafarer , which Terry ...

... I refer to a number of the comments appended to this post of Nige's: Pratchett's Embuggerance . I haven't read Pratchett and...

... Sage Words from Jeff .

The Battle of the Book . I am actually old enough to remember when the same sort of crap was said about ... paperbacks!

... and more: Starting Out in the Evening . Like Scott, I'm a Lili Taylor fan.

When Virginia's all-star team of young scholars competes in a national quiz bowl, a dead language is very much alive . I don't think...

or, The Real Meaning of Chanukah . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

... Quagmire and Grim Milestone (which actually happened earlier). Where is it all leading?

... let's all welcom Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Personal Memos .

... Light Up My Life .

From A Book A Week: The Collection by Gioia Deliberto . From BooksForKids: Spoofing Santa: A Cajun Night Before Christmas and Other Downhom...

... at the Underground Literary Alliance .

... No Longer the City of ‘Bonfire’ in Flames . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... according to Evelyn Waugh: Notable & Quotable . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... in a pair of Nobel Prize Speeches .

... has had a makeover .

Hardboiled Fridays!

"Art is long and Time is fleeting"