Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
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READIN
READIN started out as a place for me
to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly)
how to design a web site.
There has been some mission drift
here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of
the main things I write about here are
reading books,
listening to (and playing) music, and
watching the movies. Also I write about the
work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.
The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.
See my reading list for what I'm interested in this year.
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🦋 Stormy Weather
So the big one is coming in today... My plan is to finish taping up the basement windows this morning, and hole up with some books until it blows over. Maybe John will come over and we can play some hurricane music while we wait for Irene!
posted morning of Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Some other songs for a hurricane playlist (as suggested by FB friends) -- I Can't Stand the Rain, When The Ship Comes In, Stormy Weather, Hurricane, Come on Eileen (sounds-like-Irene), Irene Goodnight, Like a Hurricane, Windy, Couldn't Stand the Weather, Ridin' the Storm Out, Get the Hell off the Beach, A Little Wind Could Blow Me Away, Eerie Green Storm Lantern, Loving a Hurricane, Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain,...
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