stickman's corral

I was seven years old, and on the day before I was to begin, my father took me aside and told me that I must be dressed properly for schoo...

Posted this on twitter a few minutes ago, but I've just stumbled on the best piece of satirical writing that I have read in ages:  I was...

Following an email exchange with Dan Kuehn and Jon Catalán , I decided that it was finally time to write up a review for Agnar Sandmo's...

Extreme Environment (hereafter EE ) is a book written by South African journalist, Ivo Vegter. I have mentioned Vegter before  on this blog...

Earlier today I read Bill Maher's op-ed in the NYT: Please Stop Apologizing . I deeply agree with his general point and am reminded of t...

Jonathan Haid's comments on the spiritual nature of warfare reminded me of a passage in  Captain Correli's Mandolin  by Louis de Ber...

At the beginning of last year, I announced a (mostly) informal book challenge that I'm partaking in. The goal of which is to complete si...

New Year's resolutions?  Not a fan. Well, I say that but I'll probably try and harden my resolve in finishing up some things I'...