Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon is over a thousand pages long. Here’s one of the best passages in a very good book, in my opinion. Randy, a computer savant and one of the main characters, is recalling when he had to have his wisdom teeth out (as a bonus, this entire passage, which actually runs a good […]
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One thing that may have helped is I have started getting out more. We can load up the wheelchair and get in the car and go exciting places. Like to pizza buffets with the kids. Or work. Either way, it’s broken the spell a bit, and whereas this morning I was watching The Price is
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I’m reading Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It’s about Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet. Those he reached out to in hopes of saving the country, some of whom also happened to be his opponents in the 1860 presidential campaign. Abraham Lincoln was an astute politician, but he probably wouldn’t get elected today. He dealt