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Superimposition
I was at a party last weekend trying to describe the size of Japan compared to North America and did a fairly good job without the aid of a map. But of course I had to track one down just … Continue reading
Everyone’s trying to figure out where to go next
THE CURRENT DILEMMA Kim Addonizio Everyone’s trying to figure out where to go next. California was good until some of it was swept into a furnace, the rest suspended next to a target over a carnival dunk tank. Nothing is … Continue reading
I will not tolerate any tinkering with the personal nomenclature.
May I say now at once that I will not tolerate any tinkering with the personal nomenclature. Nor with the name/word Hobbit. I will not have any more Hompen (in which I was not consulted), nor any Hobbel or what … Continue reading
Live Long and Prosper
Here is the original character breakdown for Mister Spock from the “writers’ bible” for Star Trek. The Star trek guide. [Hollywood, Calif.? : Desilu Studios?], 1967. AC95.A100.967s Houghton Library, Harvard University
Sharing Is Caring
Book Corners maps book exchange locations internationally. It currently lists 37,229 community libraries and little free libraries, including 15,926 in France. The programmer is Andrea Grandi.
The Interrail Effect
It’s going on five decades since I undertook a four month long rail trip around Europe. A large part of that journey was facilitated by an amazingly inexpensive and handy Eurail Pass. Recently, Eurail BV rebranded as Interrail BV to … Continue reading
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Week End Eve Ephemera
In much of the world, owning a lakeside home is desirable. But in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht, residents live within the lake itself, with houses on their own impossibly skinny islands. All I want is a little hut in … Continue reading
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Entschuldigung, kein Ampelmännchen
Buried somewhere in a drawer in my house there’s a t-shirt with the image of an Ampelmann. For some reason I picked it up at a flea market in Berlin’s Mauerpark for €3. I’m not sure why I was so taken … Continue reading
A Floating Library That Delivers
I love a good library story and this one certainly delivers. Cutting through the white-capped waves of Japan’s Seto Inland Sea is a one-of-kind “floating library”. This is Hon no Mori-go (ほんのもり号) designed to provide children living on remote islands … Continue reading
