14.7.04 [ ] 0 comments 
I have read much in the last little while yet written comparatively little.
New recommendations include: John Ralston Saul's Reflections of a Siamese Twin; Karen Armstrong's Islam; Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion; Edward Pusey's translation of The Confessions of Saint Augustine; and Johannes De Silentio's edit of Sǿren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling.
New authors to despise include: Fyodor Dostoevsky with his silly Notes from the Underground (it took so bloody long to read 586 palm-sized pages); Seth Godin (previously, I had liked his essays, but after reading two of his books, he is nothing more than a pop-marketing goon); and Daniel Helminaik (this man needs to seriously revisit postmodernist theory on how to construct a work of literature - he belittles his own argument with lack of citation - and he includes an extensive biography rather than any sort of bibliography).
I went to an art store yesterday to purchase an easel - $200! So for $19.94, Fraser and I merely built one (it took us two hours - really, only so long because we are both inexperienced at woodworking).
For those of you who follow politics, sad news: Raj Pannu has stepped down as leader of the provincial New Democratic Party (he will still be running in the fall, however).
Also, in a pre-election speech at the Stampede yesterday, Ralph Klein declared Alberta debt-free (jumping the gun by a few months).
On the more global scene, Bush has suggested that the American election be delayed due to a possible terrorist strike in November - methinks that he preaches to a terror-weary audience.
Coming soon: a response to basit. Forefront in my thinking on the matter is the weariness of 'how to approach a complex issue which has deeper implications than the mere image of a harmonic cultural mosaic without making any generalizations?'.
New recommendations include: John Ralston Saul's Reflections of a Siamese Twin; Karen Armstrong's Islam; Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion; Edward Pusey's translation of The Confessions of Saint Augustine; and Johannes De Silentio's edit of Sǿren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling.
New authors to despise include: Fyodor Dostoevsky with his silly Notes from the Underground (it took so bloody long to read 586 palm-sized pages); Seth Godin (previously, I had liked his essays, but after reading two of his books, he is nothing more than a pop-marketing goon); and Daniel Helminaik (this man needs to seriously revisit postmodernist theory on how to construct a work of literature - he belittles his own argument with lack of citation - and he includes an extensive biography rather than any sort of bibliography).
I went to an art store yesterday to purchase an easel - $200! So for $19.94, Fraser and I merely built one (it took us two hours - really, only so long because we are both inexperienced at woodworking).
For those of you who follow politics, sad news: Raj Pannu has stepped down as leader of the provincial New Democratic Party (he will still be running in the fall, however).
Also, in a pre-election speech at the Stampede yesterday, Ralph Klein declared Alberta debt-free (jumping the gun by a few months).
On the more global scene, Bush has suggested that the American election be delayed due to a possible terrorist strike in November - methinks that he preaches to a terror-weary audience.
Coming soon: a response to basit. Forefront in my thinking on the matter is the weariness of 'how to approach a complex issue which has deeper implications than the mere image of a harmonic cultural mosaic without making any generalizations?'.
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