Mr. Jones: 1944–2007
The inspirationhttp://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771113…; for Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man" died in November.
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
B. R. Myers didn't like Denis Johnson's National Book Award winning Tree of Smoke muchhttp://www.theatlantic.com:80/doc/200712/vietnam">much;.
Andrew Imbrie: 1921–2007
Stockhausen's death garnered all the attention, but I'd be remiss if I didn't note the passing of Andrew Imbrie on December 5.
Digested Read
Every Tuesday, The Guardian posts John Crace's "Digested Read," which is a parodic review of a book written in the (greatly exaggerated) style of the book itself.
Brilliant!
Somebody at The Washington Post had the supremely brilliant idea of having Pulitzer Prize winning literary critic Michael Dirda reviewhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/06/AR20071…; The Completely Mad Don Martin.
The Riskometer
What are the chances of your dying from various causes? Riskometerhttp://www.riskometer.org/">Riskometer; tells you.
Philip Pullman: Storyteller
When Philip Pullman wrote His Dark Materials, he thought he might have written a story that would appeal to a "a few clever kids and a few intelligent adults." The series has been translated into 40 languages and has sold 15 million copies. If he was that wrong about that, he's probably wrong about what it's about, too.
Thought You Might Like to Know
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Aging Brains
New">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7127463.stm">New research seems to reveal that the loss of "white matter" because of aging is what causes us oldies to get all addle-pated. I'm not sure I buy the premise that young brains are automatically more "in sync."
Not Thinking
Bagheera doesn't think either. She plots.