Are the terrorists the ones who will destroy our way of life? Or is it the over-reaction to terrorists leading to such a severe curtailment of, well, everything, that is going to destroy our way of life?

Quoted: Chaplains in federal prisons have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials.

For Karin, who cheats.

Quoted: What’s worse than skipping to the ending? Listening to an audio book.

Aw, I thought that was kinda fun...

Dotted for Karin.

Quoted: The editors chose books by Gary Shteyngart, Amy Hempel, Claire Messud, Richard Ford, Marisha Pessl, Danielle Trussoni, Lawrence Wright, Nathaniel Philbrick, Michael Pollan and Rory Stewart.

dotting for later reference

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Quoted: I have never been much of a picture taker, but after my daughter was born two months ago, I started snapping photos at every sniff, yawn, and burp. Soon after I entered this Richard Avedon phase, however, I discovered the Catch-22 of digital photography: T

An excellent book. A 'revisionist' history about American Indians, both South and North. It provides an easy to read and well-written summary of the latest archaelogical findings. The overall theme could be described as 'before 1492, there were a LOT more Indians, living in much bigger cities, with much richer cultures, than we ever realized before". But the details are fascinating. Highly recommended.

Quoted: Amazon.com: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: Books: Charles C. Mann by Charles C. Mann

"LibriVox is the largest of several emerging collectives that offer free or inexpensive audiobooks of works whose copyrights have expired, from Plato to “The Wind in the Willows.” (In the United States, this generally means anything published or registered for copyright before 1923.)"

Quoted: Several emerging collectives offer free or inexpensive audiobooks, usually read by volunteers, of works whose copyrights have expired.

Honeypot information article.

Quoted: 'Know Your Enemy': Everything you need to know about honeypots -- article related to Security.