Archive for March 2007
Good Omens
Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman have said, “Good Omens was written by two people who at the time were not at all well known except by the people who already knew them.” Considering the book was originally published in 1990, I must concede they are correct on that point. Neil Gaiman found considerable success with […]
Shut Up and Listen
Discover is a curious word. I have been fascinated with the word discover for some time. We like to think that it means to learn or invent something spontaneously– as if producing something new out of thin air. We say Galileo discovered the laws of motion. Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity. Christopher Columbus discovered North […]
Veeck as in Wreck
Spring is on its way. And spring means one important thing: baseball season. I have decided to set aside reading books I should have read in high school; I have had my fill of books about murder. I want something fun. I want baseball. Bill Veeck was a Chicago native and worked for many years […]
