He hovered, and stayed still, striding on the crumbling columns of air, curved wings jerking and flexing. Continue reading →

The Name of the Rose is one of those books that I read at an impressionable age and was terribly impressed by it. I read it again a few years later and it was better still. It’s firmly in my … Continue reading →

It’s not what I thought it was about. Continue reading →

Sturgeon’s Law explains everything. Continue reading →

A Buccaneer scholar is someone who takes responsibility for their own education. Continue reading →

I was determined to not like or even read Robert Wright’s Evolution of God but Kindle makes it much too easy to buy books. Fortunately it is excellent. Even shamans who got no fees or gifts might benefit from their … Continue reading →

I opened the book and, on the very first page, was the program that changed my life. Continue reading →

The Golden Treasury of English Verse and a harmonica were my only mementos of civilization. Continue reading →

I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance three times Continue reading →

You can make something out of nothing but the thoughts in your head. Continue reading →