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themacinator: What's the Deal with Virginia Woolf?
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. What's the Deal with Virginia Woolf? One of the days that I was at jury duty last week, we were given a 3 hour break. I was downtown, so of course I went to the main library. Who wouldn't spend all morning at the library? I am not a huge Rebecca Solnit fan. (She did just go up greatly in my esteem, however, when I went to her site. Oh, men.). It's a fabulous book. Rebecca Solnit? She makes links between this silencing and violence- the seeing of women as less-than-human and the ...
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themacinator: March 2015
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Saturday, March 28, 2015. Avi Steinberg: The Lost Book of Mormon. This book is unreadable fiction packed in the trappings of readable nonfiction. Avi Steinberg has tried to follow in the shoes of both the writer and the protagonist of the Book of Mormon, that religion that people still love to hate. I'm going to do something that kind of makes me wretch but will explain part of why this book was so fascinating to me and compare this religion to Scientology. Like Scientology. Evan Osnos: Age of Ambition.
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themacinator: Joseph Laycock: The Seer of Bayside
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Sunday, June 07, 2015. Joseph Laycock: The Seer of Bayside. I feel like this is a perfect example of "it's the little things." (You were expecting me to say how amazing libraries are, right? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Macinator" is one of many affectionate nicknames for Mac, my partner in crime, a pit bull mix. themacinator is a blog by a nerd: a book nerd, a music nerd, a pit bull nerd, and of course, an A's fan. View my complete profile. Love, Health and Advocacy. Lure of the Local.
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themacinator: Irving Kirsch: The Emperor's New Drugs
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Monday, July 20, 2015. Irving Kirsch: The Emperor's New Drugs. And this, to Kirsch, is the only thing that accounts for the difference in effectiveness between medically active pills and sugar pills. I am not going to go through all of the reasons and studies, but it's pretty convincing stuff. And pretty scary stuff that makes your mind want to go "nope, no sir," like all of his critics have. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Love, Health and Advocacy. Lure of the Local.
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themacinator: David Finkel: Thank You For Your Service
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Saturday, December 27, 2014. David Finkel: Thank You For Your Service. After finishing an almost unreadable book. I picked up one of the most unputdownable books I've read in a long time. It was also possibly the saddest book I've ever read, and at times I almost had to put it down, because this is a really bad time for that. Thank You For Your Service" is so good that I couldn't put it down, even when it was crushing me. David Finkel is a master story teller, telling a horrible story. Lure of the Local.
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themacinator: Books I'm never going to get around to reviewing
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Thursday, June 04, 2015. Books I'm never going to get around to reviewing. I am so far behind with these book reviews that I literally bought and read this book while I was in Portland. Finkel's 'The Good Soldiers' is up there with one of the saddest books in recent memory, except perhaps ' Thank You for Your Service. He fought the bad guys at the top of the military brass! Especially if you were/are a hideous person and/or honest with yourself? Turns out, he had the gun, even though he thought of himsel...
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themacinator: April 2015
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Saturday, April 04, 2015. Thanks to C, I have a gopro now! Believe me when I say that I swam with turtles. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Macinator" is one of many affectionate nicknames for Mac, my partner in crime, a pit bull mix. themacinator is a blog by a nerd: a book nerd, a music nerd, a pit bull nerd, and of course, an A's fan. View my complete profile. Love, Health and Advocacy. Lure of the Local. The Todd Van Poppel Rookie Card Retirement Plan. Living in the O. Mission Mission Built to Spill.
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themacinator: themacinator and Sister Take on Portland (a THB-style posting)
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Saturday, March 21, 2015. Themacinator and Sister Take on Portland (a THB-style posting). Themacinator is not a travel blogger. Her father, THB. Travels often, and documents his trips meticulously in words and images (although the most recent couple of posts detour a bit from this- scroll down). In fact, I don't travel much. But last year, K, my sister, and I went to New York. We are staying in an apartment in the Pearl District. Apartment, with the most generous deal. Amazing! View from the deck. An all...
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themacinator: Jill Leovy: Ghettoside
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Thursday, July 23, 2015. This is the book of my reading year, and the one I think everyone should read. I loved Love, Nina. And it's a great read, but it's not a MUST read. Thank You for Your Service. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Macinator" is one of many affectionate nicknames for Mac, my partner in crime, a pit bull mix. themacinator is a blog by a nerd: a book nerd, a music nerd, a pit bull nerd, and of course, an A's fan. View my complete profile. Love, Health and Advocacy. Living in the O.
