Mural by Symeon Shimin, “Contemporary Justice in Relation to the Child.” Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C., ca. 1940. Courtesy National Archives. [ARC Identifier 195951] I… more →
Public Domain Images Onlinewrote 2 months ago: DC is politics, politics are DC. Here is a bit of honesty, I don’t get politics. I know we have part … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Today is the opening day of “Lincoln.” As Robin said, I would have to do this post becau … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Top Selling Assassination Vacation Supermarket a Variety of Assassination Vacation on cheap price at … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Grand Central Publishing 2008 There is something wonderful about a great audio book. While I read De … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Read/Watched/Consumed This Week In a Suburned Country – Bill Bryson (continuing) The Complete … more →
wrote 10 months ago: My review of Sarah Vowell’s Assassination Vacation is now up at Persephone Magazine. This was … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Booktunnel!! Hello! Since I last made an entry five months ago, I’ve read nine ten eleven book … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Perhaps you are aware that Oneida, makers of fine flatware, started out as a sex cult. I knew myself … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell – In this book, Vowell recounts her travels to places … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been pondering what to do with my Washington D.C. pictures because I don’t really have anything … more →
wrote 1 year ago: GAINESVILLE – She spoke with her signature nasal voice like a more inflective, female Ben Stein—but … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Plaques will forever make me think of Sarah Vowell and her love for them … and since I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Cover of Only Yesterday When I read non-fiction, I stick to books that focus on historical events in … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A Brevity review of a classic nonfiction book from 2005: Assassination Vacation Simon & Schuster … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Ah, summer. Time for cervezas on the beach and a good round of volleyball (or if you’re an Urc … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Unfamiliar Fishes By Sarah Vowell Published March 22, 2011 Riverhead Books 256 pp. ISBN 1-594-48787- … more →
wrote 2 years ago: So Sarah Vowell is a bit morbid, and it is highly entertaining. In this book, Vowell goes all over … more →
wrote 2 years ago: But when I’m around strangers, I turn into a conversational Mount St. Helens. I’m dormant, dormant, … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Like history? NPR nerd? (HEY! How did Blacklight get control of the blog? heeheehee). March right to … more →