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To Build a Castle: Still Relevant Story of a Fighter for Freedom  

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Let’s hear from some who know:

“Sometimes ironic, sometimes detached, sometimes written in cold fury, but always compelling.” —The New Yorker

“This is a landmark book and a human document that remains vital.” —Sir Tom Stoppard, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Shakespeare in Love

“Vladimir Bukovsky has written an extraordinary account of his life...

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Lazy Sunday: Around the Webosphere on Death, Pensions, and Achilles  

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One of these things is not like the other….

…oh wait, it’s totally like the other things.

Before I begin, thanks to my recent linkers:

• Pension Tsunami
• The Other McCain – thanks, wombat-socho!
• BenefitsLink with its multiemployer plan feed

Howdy to my facebook fans interested in my Kentucky posts! There sure are...

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Never Forget: Thoughts on To Build A Castle - a Dissident Memoir by Vladimir Bukovsky  

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This is not a full review; not yet. Here is a link to the current US Amazon listing for the book; I will be re-posting a cleaned-up review later this year. I mentioned the specific project to publish an e-book English version of this book, and I await...

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Trump the Press: The Saga How the Pundits Got it Wrong and The Beginning of a Possible Series  

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A review of the book Trump the Press: Don Surber's take on how the pundits blew the 2016 Republican race...thoughts on the problem of confimation bias in making predictions

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Weekend Books: THAT'S NOT FUNNY  

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Chris Hitchens once wrote a piece on how women aren’t funny.

It didn’t go over very well.

But after having read a couple of supposedly humorous books based on Hitchens’ own reviews/recommendations, I get his point.

Men are overawed, not to say terrified, by the ability of women to produce babies....

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Opera Fun: All About the Bass  

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I haven’t posted opera vids in a while: must rectify it.

I loooooove deep voices.

Generally that means I’m loving on the barihunks, because there are far more baritones than true basso profondos.

Mmmmm baritones

Thanks, Barihunks!

Also, the baritones sometimes get to be heroes/lovers/etc. The basses...

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Weekend Books: A Few for the Road - Comic Mice, Serious English, and Power-Hungry French  

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I’ve been super-busy this past week, getting ready for a road trip from NY to NC (and then a few day excursions in the Carolinas).

And while on this trip, and my usual 750-miles-per-week-total-commute, I’ve been listening to some good audiobooks/lectures on CD.

But first, thanks to this past week’s referrers:

• Pension...

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Down with the Struggle: Survey of Current Dumbassery  

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I’m still de-numberifying (sure it’s a word), so let me hit up a variety of dumbass stories making the rounds.

RUBIO’S TRAFFIC TICKETS

This is probably not the lamest of opposition research, but it is up there. Woowee, Marco Rubio and his wife have racked up some...

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Weekend books: Lost in Language - quick review, and my search for new voices  

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I was going to write a book review here, but I’m still thinking on elaborating.

Short story (to be elaborated in a post later): Someone saw I had reviewed David Sedaris’s book Me Talk Pretty One Day … back in 2001. Anyway, he had obviously sent out some targeted...

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Weekend Books: RIP, Sir Terry Pratchett  

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I have been sitting on this for a while, since Terry Pratchett died a few weeks ago.

Yes, it had long been known this had been coming, given the Embuggerance making him cancel appearances last year. But, as when somebody asked me if it was worse to have...

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