Books

Readers of this blog know I like Wikipedia, though I don't entirely trust it. Is it trustworthy? I think so, and so do some researchers. From The Atlantic Monthly: > [Wikipedia] is not much worse than the online version of the legendary Encyclopedia Britannica, according to a study

From the National Catholic Register's coverage of Amy Welborn's "Theology on Tap" lecture in Rome about the Da Vinci Code: > Welborn said she would rather be writing her own novels “than talking about this silly, silly book,” and that people's “unending

Roger Kimball writes about his favorite comic novels [http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/fivebest/?id=110008077]: 1. "Leave It to Psmith" by P.G. Wodehouse 2. "Scoop" by Evelyn Waugh 3. "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" by Eric Hodgins 4. "Lucky Jim&

Flippin' flip books [http://www.flippies.com/history.htm]. Excerpt from the beginning: > From the pre-motion picuture era to the origins of animation, cinema and modern entertainment, flip books are recognized as one of the earliest forms of what today is referred to as "interactive multimedia"

You think Tim LaHaye is just an honest Christian who happened to make a bunch of money from writing fiction about his pet eschatological theory? Check out this page: The Rapture--Coming 06.06.06 [http://www.leftbehind.com/]. LaHaye is a marketer, a fiction writer, and maybe a psychologist, but

A correspondent says J.K. Rowling isn't a freak. I found this interesting enough to post at Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/] and here: > She is a member of the Church of Scotland (the Scottish Anglican Church-- not the Presbyterian church). She refuses to reveal

One of my favorites comments on one of my favorites: > For Lent, I will read Hilaire Belloc's Places. Belloc is the best essayist in our language. Here are essays on places from North to the South of Europe, to the Mideast, to North Africa. The memory of

You have $4,000 and the toilet is too good for it? Go here and purchase Super Bowl XL, Opus [http://www.krakenopus.com/NFLhome_flash.aspx]. It's 20" x 20", weighs 90 pounds, and appears to contain a higher percentage of fluff than your pillow.

Settling back with six of the seven children, watching Hidalgo. I heard good things about it. We'll see. I just got back from an outing with Alex (12). I took him to the video store to pick out the movie, then took him to Mike's Pizza,