Synecdoche

Move over, Diana and Scott: there's a new book-themed wedding in town! Now that the wedding is over, we would like to share all the awesome bits of book-themed paraphernalia we created, acquired, or had designed for us. ⇰ Continue Reading

My home-brewed MLA 7th edition formats for Bookends, the best, most flexible reference management software for OS X. (Edited 20 May 2010) ⇰ Continue Reading

“Does society need a mandatory time-out?” asks an article in The Atlantic. I am drawn to the notion of the Sabbath, albeit secular, for a number of reasons, not just thanks to my recent conversion to Judaism. ⇰ Continue Reading

NPR shifts from language focusing on the contentious, dubious opposition between “choice” and “life” to terms that emphasize that the debate is about the right to choose. ⇰ Continue Reading

If a machine could write a Mozart sonata every bit as good as the originals, then what was so special about Mozart? And was there really any soul behind the great works, or were Beethoven and his ilk just clever mathematical manipulators of notes? ⇰ Continue Reading