I will go to great lengths to ward off the February blahs. In years past, I have decorated my home with tropical flourishes, distracted myself with games and group trips, tried to embrace winter with snowmobiling and “Doctor Zhivago” weekends. I have done all I can think to do, and February still comes… and stays. [...]
From Vanity Fair: James Wolcott on Cultural Snobbery. In New York City (can’t speak for the other metro systems across this great land), every subway car is a rolling library, every ride an opportunity to spy on the reading tastes of fellow passengers and make snap judgments that probably wouldn’t hold up in court. Single [...]
Is the constant rush to upgrade a good or bad thing? Or is it both?
Photo by Mark Bowen / Scripps National Spelling Bee I don’t often wake up in a sweat from reliving the eighth grade. There’s me, four-eyed, cowlicked and draped in an over-sized I.O.U. sweatshirt, facing the peercing gaze of a few hundred middle-schoolers and teachers, and waiting for the squad of judges to fire their next [...]
And while nothing replaces the physical game, the feeling of picking up a pawn, and the palpable concentration of opponents engaged in battle, Chess With Friends offers a rewarding and worthwhile outlet for chess addictions.
The top ten reasons that e-books just can’t replace real books.