The Fermata by Nicholson Baker (1994)

I hadn’t read The Fermata before. It was good for a while, but I guess I became dissatisfied with it by the time it was done. Still, I might recommend it to some people I know.

new glasses

I got a new pair of glasses today. The pair that I replaced have had broken frames for nearly eleven months.

The Physiognomy by Jeffery Ford (1997)

I hadn’t read The Physiognomy before, and likely won’t read it again. I thought it had a lot of promise, but turned out not to be very well written.

The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved by Sandor Ellix Katz (2006)

I had not read this book before, and will probably not read it again. It covers a lot of topics that I’m interested in, and I would recommend the book to people who are already interested in reading it. Like many non-fiction books that take controversial positions, it felt more like a heavily-footnoted opinion piece than a source of reliable information.

Introduction

When I watch a film, I will post in this category about it.

Peace on Earth by Stanislaw Lem (1987)

Before this, I had read part (maybe all) of Peace on Earth when I was in high school or earlier. I probably won’t read it again. It’s interesting enough to tell people about, but not good enough to recommend to anyone. This translation was by Elinor Ford with Michael Kandel.

Introduction

When I read a book, I will post in this category about it.

changes to the internet

I installed a different blog software this afternoon. It supports categories, and many other features (most of them internal). Its file storage system is based on that of the previous blog software that I was using, so all of the earlier posts were easily retained (although time-stamps seem to be inaccurate now). I’m sorry to say that I spent more time than I would have liked on changing the new theme to resemble my old theme.

a haircut

I cut my hair this weekend. Usually I just trim it all to the same length, but I tried trimming the sides shorter than the top this time. It turned out fine. I was concerned that there would be an obvious, maybe irregular edge where the lengths changed, but I couldn’t tell at all. The longer guard was 7/8” and the shorter guard was 3/8”. I went to a bit of effort to pin back the top of my hair (it hadn’t been cut since early fall), trim the sides, then unpin the remaining hair and trim it with a longer guard.