Reading
On books, reading, and writers.
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Font Indifference: What’s Helvetica again?
What convinced some typesetters that it’s okay to add a paragraph on the font they chose for a book on the last page? Why not…
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Shakespeare: I’d like to be the kind of person who enjoys his plays
There are things we like the idea of, but if we’re honest, we don’t want to do them. Contributing to a tight-knit community, going to…
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Moana: Could do worse when learning about Polynesia
My kids don’t care what I’m reading. Sometimes, when they have run out of other things to do, they leaf through my current book, only…
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Shrunken Heads: Small mementos of murder
This is from Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki. Heyerdahl and his friend Herman Watzinger talk with Jorge, a Peruvian acquaintance, over dinner. I laid my fork carefully…
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Kon-Tiki: An example of mistaken beliefs inspiring great deeds
In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl led an expedition to cross the Pacific on a raft built from balsa wood in the style of the ancient Incas.…
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Bull Riding: The Man In the New Boots
Good writing by Chandler Fritz. Will be looking out for more by him.
Nehaveigur 