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Status Check: Books and Learning progress so far, 2010

March 18, 2010 { Books & Learning }

At the beginning of the year, I set some outlines for some reading I’d like to accomplish in 2010. These goals represent not only book titles, but, in some cases, areas and concepts I’d like to explore. There’s some philosophy and some science in here, as well as some classic novels I never seem to get around to reading. Let’s see how it’s going.

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I like stuff that smells good, effectively to a fault. I routinely mix up cocktails of essential oils and in ceramic vessels and then set them alight. My library often smells like a forest or a savanna or a citrus grove. We own our own copper alembic still and distill our own smells, with varying degrees of success.

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Photography: Major newspaper accidentally puts a photo of mine on the front page

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  • Preston said The site you link to (kiosko.net) is almost certainly violating The Oregonian’s copyright! Which is pretty ironic in a blog post about how your copyright... (More)
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Book Review: “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen

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  • Jeff H. said I will watch any screen adaptation of Austen as a rule. I have watched even Bollywood adaptations. I would would watch adaptiona of Auesten even if it starred... (More)

Iceland: A challenge even for the cuisine-bold

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  • Jeff H. said Do they have McDonalds in Iceland? If not, you may want to take some with you. I hear that McDonalds french fries hold up quite well for extended periods of... (More)
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  • Mar 20 10:33am @oleoptene What a lovely day for a birthday--have a happy one!
  • Mar 19 4:06pm So mentally exhausted I'm kind of shaking a little bit. Need a quiet room, nap, some sort of soft blankie.
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  • Mar 18 10:57am Achitectural historian/awesome human spent 3 hours in our house (1890 Victorian) last night. Learned a metric butt-tonne. Overawed!

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