Christ, Marx, Wood, and Wei Led us to this perfect day… I finished Ira Levin’s This Perfect Day today. I’ve flirted with this one a few times, but once I committed, I was done in about four hours. First published in 1970, This Perfect Day is set in an alternative future in which there is … Read more
I took a bit of a long lunch today and saw 2016: Obama’s America at Monaco Pictures. To my surprise and delight, several dozen people did the same thing. When the theater is two-thirds full for an 11:10 early matinee, something must be going on. 2016: Obama’s America is based on The Roots of Obama’s … Read more
Neil Armstrong died yesterday. He was 82 years old. Neil Armstrong is one of the first obvious heroes I can remember. My maternal grandparents gave me Webster’s Encyclopedia of Dictionaries as a present when I was eight or so. I used it all, but I camped on the space exploration section in it. I can … Read more