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March booklist
Apr. 1st, 2014 05:54 pmMarch was a busy month for books 'n things. A bit of a depressing month too, which explains why I read so much, I guess.
( March booklist )
( March booklist )
February booklist
Mar. 2nd, 2014 10:37 amAs usual, February and I did not get along. This explains the amount of rereading fluffy books I did.
( February booklist )
( February booklist )
It's been a slow month, I'll admit, but I haven't been doing much reading. Mea culpa.
( December booklist & 2013 recap )
( December booklist & 2013 recap )
summer booklist 2013
Aug. 31st, 2013 08:30 pmAmidst the madness that was my summer, I confess that I lost track of what I was reading and watching. This list is, therefore, by necessity incomplete, since my memory is terrible.
( summer booklist )
( summer booklist )
May booklist
May. 31st, 2013 10:39 pmI take it back - April was tame compared to May. By the end of June, things might have calmed a bit...
( May booklist, 2013 edition )
( May booklist, 2013 edition )
March booklist
Apr. 1st, 2013 02:19 pmMarch has been a whirlwind. A million times better than February, with doors opening and little free time.
( March booklist, 2013 edition )
( March booklist, 2013 edition )
February booklist
Mar. 1st, 2013 03:29 pmFebruary sucks. It's over and I am happily dancing on its freezing cold, slushy grave.
( February booklist, 2013 edition )
( February booklist, 2013 edition )
January booklist - first of the new year!
Jan. 31st, 2013 03:07 pmJanuary has been a good month. I've been reading, I've been seeing movies, I've been going out. It's all in a desperate attempt to distract myself from the craziness, of course, but I think it's working.
( January booklist, 2013 edition )
( January booklist, 2013 edition )
words of interest
Jan. 13th, 2013 03:31 pmA "bit of student doggerel" that caught my eye:
The old Germanic tribesmen on both banks of the
Rhine
Lay spread out bearskins, drinking their wine,
When, with German greeting, a Roman entered
their midst
"Heil Hitler, you Germans, 'tis I - Tacitus."
- from "The Hitler Salute: On the meaning of a gesture" by Tilman Allert, p. 58.
An interesting commentary on the Hitler salute and why it became so prevalent; for the most part, the book was dry and too focused on sociological themes, but a few bits of information managed to spark through. The poem above speaks to the belief that the Nazi party tried to say the salute was rooted in Germanic history, while the Italian Fascists maintained that it was copying their own salute. (Yup, I'm a history geek).
The old Germanic tribesmen on both banks of the
Rhine
Lay spread out bearskins, drinking their wine,
When, with German greeting, a Roman entered
their midst
"Heil Hitler, you Germans, 'tis I - Tacitus."
- from "The Hitler Salute: On the meaning of a gesture" by Tilman Allert, p. 58.
An interesting commentary on the Hitler salute and why it became so prevalent; for the most part, the book was dry and too focused on sociological themes, but a few bits of information managed to spark through. The poem above speaks to the belief that the Nazi party tried to say the salute was rooted in Germanic history, while the Italian Fascists maintained that it was copying their own salute. (Yup, I'm a history geek).
September booklist
Oct. 1st, 2012 11:46 amIn the madness that is work and socializing, September disappeared. I really have to get a handle on this time-running-away-from-me thing.
( September booklist )
( September booklist )
May booklist
May. 31st, 2012 07:45 pmApparently, despite all the million things I got done, I also read a lot and saw a good number of movies... When did I learn to fold time, exactly?
( May booklist )
( May booklist )
