Curious News, Diary

A Different Portrait of America

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Accumulating stuff takes time. After reading this unusal portrait of America, I had one question: How much time do people actually spend shopping?  Until the end of my teenage years, I used to enjoy bargain hunting immensely and spent endless hours in pursuit of gadget that fell within my budget. I hate shopping now and [Read More]
Diary, Must Know

Talk is cheap but surprisingly effective

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Sometimes one piece of writing changes one mind. Until today I thought that talk therapy was utterly discredited. But there appears to be strong evidence that a skilled therapist can help the brain to change its relationship to the world. Depression       From The Economist print edition (Apr 14th 2005) FOR almost a century [Read More]
Diary

Welcome to the Afterlife of Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow had to die before I would pay any attention to him. I read today’s obituary in the New York Times (click on “more” button) and immediately realized that I should put some of his novels on my summer reading list. I just ordered myself a copy of The Adventures of Augie image [Read More]
Diary

Peter Pan

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I started reading Bibliomania.com/0/0/323/2396/frameset.html">Peter Pan. The last time that I came into contact with the characters of the story was in the movie Hook, which invented a sequel to the original Peter Pan. I have not heard about the plot of the original story since childhood and had almost completely forgotten it. Reading the image [Read More]