I started reading José Saramago’s Blindness around 9:00 p.m. on Friday and finished it about an hour ago (it’s Sunday, about 3:30 p.m.). 326 pages in less than 48 hours. That’s not exactly a speed-reading record, but it should be taken as an indication of the mesmerizing quality of this novel about what happens when… Continue reading Book Review: “Blindness”
Month: April 2006
Springtime in West Texas
Springtime, and a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of pit vipers.
An Artistic Approach to Fighting Crime
Wherein is proposed a couple of dubious solutions for highspeed freeway chases.
Abbye Update
Readers ask about Abbye, and we respond.
Random Thursday
Random is as random does.
Funereal Observations
Funeral directors have challenging jobs, to say the least, but I never before considered that engineering might be part of the package.
Intriguing “Blindness”
This post makes me want to read this book. Have any of you read it? Technorati tag: Jose Saramago
Random Thursday
Random acts of keyboarding
Texas Hill Country 2006: Hilly, Windy, Hot & Wormy
Ordinary adventures in the Texas Hill Country
An Amazing Three Hour Tour
One of the pleasant surprises of blogging is when someone stumbles onto an old post and it strikes a chord with them…and they share with you about it. That was the case this morning when I opened an email that fell into my “Possible Junk Mail” folder (because the sender isn’t in my address book).… Continue reading An Amazing Three Hour Tour