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the nervous marigold: September 2011
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Books, Music, culture, questions, little laughs. Sunday, September 18, 2011. Published by Doubleday Canada. Hardcover, $19.95 CAN. This is pure genre fiction, on a number of accounts, but quite deft. I read once that we judge the formulaic not by its originality, but by its fulfillment of the formula. By that measure, this book is successful. Links to this post. Thursday, September 15, 2011. DOUBLEDAY Early Review with Bonus Feature. The Summer of Permanent Wants. Published by Doubleday Canada. Superstar...
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the nervous marigold: The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico
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Books, Music, culture, questions, little laughs. Sunday, September 8, 2013. The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico. Translated by Tim Parks. I have had a review copy of this book in PDF form for ages. It should have been a hot-button draw, but I just never seemed to feel like opening it on my desktop, despite its brevity. Finally, to clear up my obligation, I opened it, and found it delightful. What is in the air/soil/food/water/wine of Portugal that fosters this art? Now the marigold is wondering nervousl...
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the nervous marigold: March 2013
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Books, Music, culture, questions, little laughs. Sunday, March 3, 2013. Eight–No, Nine–Best Reads and One Best TV Show: 2012. And here I am trying to finish up half-way thru February. Ah well. Nope. Finishing in March. The books were still good. Already found one or two for my 2013 list. ). In the number one position, by a long way, is a book so awesome that I think I may have caused a run on it in the local bookstores just by raving about it to all my reading friends:. Death and the Penguin. Murakami wa...
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superficiel in depth: November 2008
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What's below the surface? Flirting across a distance". This is the title that the editors of the Stanford-based publication Ambidextrous. Chose for the article about Passages. Published in the current Fall/Winter issue, which theme is about "Getting it on". This issue is somewhat a follow-up to the CHI '06 workshop. I'm glad this workshop continues to propagate echoes and so 2 years later, the organizers' perspective. On this subject is also featured in this Ambidextrous issue. For offering me the opport...
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the nervous marigold: January 2012
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Books, Music, culture, questions, little laughs. Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Special Music Issue - Just to Share. The marigold wonders if it would be useful as a status message on Facebook or BBM or whatever: I am dusting it off and jerking it. Maybe not. I think it would make me nervous. Links to this post. Sunday, January 15, 2012. 1st meeting of the New Neologisms Club. I suppose you are wondering why I have gathered you all here today. Links to this post. Saturday, January 7, 2012. These are huge qu...
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the nervous marigold: October 2011
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Books, Music, culture, questions, little laughs. Saturday, October 8, 2011. Opera and Kids, Version 20.11. First this breaking story: Yes! A breaking opera story! And you read it here first! A very young Toronto opera singer, whom I interviewed for this post, and hoped to be able to follow in her future performances, has just won the role of The Shepherd Boy, in Tosca. To be performed by the Canadian Opera Company. This is so exciting! Can't wait to see her. Or should I say hear her! Home town, was a sma...
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the nervous marigold: Best Reads of 2013 (Only 8 this year. Sigh.)
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Books, Music, culture, questions, little laughs. Monday, November 10, 2014. Best Reads of 2013 (Only 8 this year. Sigh.). Oh my goodness. This weekend I read a couple of books I wanted to record for my 2014 favourites list. And when I opened my Blogger account, I realized I had never completed and posted my 2013 list! Here it is at last! All ready to go, and just waiting there, in the interwebs, alone and unloved. Somehow, 2013 was not a brilliant year for reading, but there were a few good ones:. 8211;p...
