A Modest Construct http://heliologue.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:34:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Friday Random Ten CLXXIII The “Impending tryptophan” edition

  1. Liquid Tension Experiment - [Liquid Tension Experiment #11] Three Minute Warning Pt. III
  2. Paatos - [Silence Of Another Kind #06] Procession Of Fools
  3. The Flower Kings - [Unfold The Future CD1 #01] The Truth Will Set You Free
  4. Insomnium -…
]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/21/friday-random-ten-clxxiii/ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Publisher: Riverhead
Year: 2008
Pages: 352
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№67

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao has garnered critical acclaim: this we cannot deny. I’d been hearing about it since…

]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/15/the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao/ Friday Random Ten CLXXII The “Happy Birthday, Mom” edition.

  1. Ulver - [Perdition City #09] Nowhere/Catastrophe
  2. Jeff Buckley - [Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk CD2 #07] Gunshot Glitter
  3. Brian McBride - [When the Detail Lost Its Freedom #09] The Guilt Of Uncomplicated Thoughts
  4. Craig Armstrong - [As If…
]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/14/friday-random-ten-clxxii/ Wednesday’s Word LV
octothorpe
n. A name for the hash or square symbol (#), used mainly in telephony and computing

If you’re like most people, you’ve perhaps never even heard of the word “octothorpe.” If you aren’t American, you’ve almost certainly never used the term, and likely…

]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/12/wednesdays-word-lv/ The Truth (With Jokes)
Al Franken • The Truth (With Jokes) The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken
Publisher: Dutton
Year: 2005
Pages: 352
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I read this book once in 2005 when it came out, and then again in 2006.

As this is my third time reading The Truth…

]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/12/the-truth-with-jokes-3/ The Wrecking Crew
Thomas Frank • The Wrecking Crew Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Year: 2008
Pages: 384
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№65

I read Thomas Frank’s first book, What’s the Matter With Kansas?, after the first year of the second Bush II presidential term, when liberals…

]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/10/wrecking-crew/ Two-Factor Theory See this in PDF format; revised 21 October 2008.

The relatively inglorious origins of organizational behavior as a field of study began as little more than queries into potential ways to improve productivity and reduce human variability—this at the advent of…

]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/08/two-factor-theory/ Friday Random Ten CLXXI The “On the road again” edition

  1. Rachmaninov, Sergei - [Piano Concerto No.2, Paganini Rhapsody (Lang Lang) #28] Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43/ Variation XXIII. L’istesso tempo
  2. Tori Amos - [Scarlet's Walk #03] Wednesday
  3. The Cardigans - [Long Gone Before Daylight…
]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/07/friday-random-ten-clxxi/ More Information Than You Require
John Hodgman • More Information Than You Require More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman
Publisher: Dutton
Year: 2008
Pages: 368
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You may recall that I was less than impressed with John Hodgman’s previous book, The Areas of My Expertise. At the time,…

]]> http://heliologue.com/2008/11/07/more-information-than-you-require/ Friday Random Ten CLXX The “It has a nice ring to it” edition.

  1. Virgin Black - [Requiem - Mezzo Forte #06] Lacrimosa (I am blind with weeping)
  2. Spires That In The Sunset Rise - [Curse The Traced Bird #04] Equus Haar
  3. The Snake The Cross The Crown…
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