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Happy New Year from Emily Dickinson
The most triumphant Bird I ever knew or met Embarked upon a twig today And till Dominion set I famish to behold so eminent a sight And sang for nothing scrutable But intimate Delight. Retired, and resumed his transitive Estate– To what delicious … Continue reading
Art Garfunkel is on a reading odyssey too
Art Garfunkel is on a reading odyssey too.If you are interested in what he has read, then you can visit his website where he’s posted the more than 1,000 books he’s read since 1968. You can browse year-by-year so you can see that in 1968 Art Garfu… Continue reading
Google Wave – wait?
At the Reading Odyssey the goal is to use the simplest technology to engage adults in playing with the greatest ideas of humanity. We don’t get excited about technology for technology sake.We use Twitter, Facebook, blogs (obviously), websites, web… Continue reading
FYI: my statement on the financial crisis: anger and responsibility
Here’s what I’d like a reporter somewhere to write on the financial crisis: I’m angry, you are angry. We are justified in being angry. As Charlie Munger said at his annual meeting this year, so much “knavery and foolishness” and greed is behind th… Continue reading
Imaginary interview of Plato, Munger, New Yorker, Neiman…
Welcome to the Philosophical Cable Network. It’s Tuesday, September 23 and we have a wonderful morning conversation. Our guests are the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger, philosopher Plato, New Yorker cartoons, and, at the end of… Continue reading
FYI – my HS Latin teacher and the terrible train crash in LA
Folks, My high school Latin teacher, also an Anglican priest in Los Angeles, was injured in the terrible train crash in LA last week. But despite that he gave last rites to crash victims. He did so out of respect.”As a priest, he has a tool in his… Continue reading
Susan Neiman call – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for special Susan Neiman call in early September. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Susan-Neiman-September2008.mp3 Continue reading
Dr. Paul Cartledge call – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for special Dr. Paul Cartledge call in early June. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Dr-Paul-Cartledge-June2008.mp3 Continue reading
WSJ: Morality and the Western Canon?
Folks, Very interesting book review – about a book called “Moral Clarity” – appeared in the Wall Street Journal today, Monday, May 5, 2008. The book, written by a German leftist professor, suggests that the problem with the left is the abandonment… Continue reading
Jim Janicki, longtime Reading Odyssey reader, interviewed on Blog Talk Radio
Jim Janicki, longtime member and reader with the Reading Odyssey (and General Manager at Life Technologies Corporation), is interviewed here by VP of Human Resources at Life Technologies, Alison Jameson. Jim talks about why he’s a longtime member … Continue reading →
31. March 2010 by Arrian
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