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| Monday, May 21st, 2012 |
mycroftca
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2:53p |
We eased into the day, yesterday, and were a bit late getting out, but we met up with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.7) themodeinliz, axelicious, Lorra, Stouty and Bradd at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in its present digs in Duarte. We've never been to Faire since it moved from Devore. While we strolled around, we ran into vampireanneke and her friends, Wendy and her friend, and Buddy and his girl friend. We chose to not go in costume, and even so the heat began to bother us in the early afternoon, and we left earlier than did our friends, having missed a bit of the Faire, including, apparently, food trucks! Fatigued, we got home to meet with the Flors; Derek is recovering from his injuries, and it was good to see him out and about. He tired pretty rapidly, and they returned home. I did a few gardening actions, enough to fill the vegetation trash can, and then we rested the rest of the day. Facebook did us one favor: it showed a series of photos by someone of the solar eclipse. This led us into the backyard, where our tree to the west acted as a series of pinholes, and we could see the eclipse on various pieces of furniture. Fascinating! To complete our day, we ran through the remaining episodes of Downton Abbey. Nice characterizations. Oh, and they didn't stop WWI from happening. I will work today. I may be slow, however. |
mycroftca
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mycroftca
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christina_reads
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8:42a |
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officialgaiman
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8:49a |
The unlikeliness of the long-distance golf-ball-headed chisel-wielder...
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/05/unlikeliness-of-long-distance-golf-ball.html posted by Neil
I've been thrilled how many people have watched and reblogged the commencement speech.
If you want to read it, there's a transcript up at the UArts website, here.
I went by train from Philadelphia to Arlington, where SFWA was holding the Nebula Awards weekend. I wasn't actually nominated for a Nebula: I was nominated, along with director Richard Clark, for a Ray Bradbury Award for the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife".
(I'd been nominated once before, in 1998, for the English language script to Princess Mononoke. And lost.)
I hoped I had a chance, but didn't think it was a shoe-in: all the other things nominated were major Hollywood movies, including Midnight In Paris and Source Code. But I thought, seeing I was in the area, and that I had lots of friends I would see who would commiserate if I lost, and forgive me if I won, that it might be a fun trip.
I went. It was a wonderful ceremony. Connie Willis was made a Grand Master, and I kvelled.
The Bradbury Award is unique: a man dressed as a diver with an old IBM selectric "golf ball" for a head, holding a mallet and chisel to carve the happy and sad faces of drama out of a pyramid on top of a book. There's nothing like it.
And yes, Richard and I (and Doctor Who) won. I thanked everybody, Richard, the amazing cast and crew, Steven Moffat, and then I thanked Verity Lambert and Sydney Newman, who put a cranky old time-traveller into a police box almost half a century ago.
I flew home this morning. I put the award above the desk beside my Jim Henson Creativity award, and surrounded it with poppets...
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jhetley
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7:40a |
Warm
Air temperature 57 F, dew point 45, wind south about 5 mph, scattered high clouds. Yesterday's high reached 82 F, rather above average for the date and enough to make our walks feel excessively warm. First buttercup blooms in the lawn. Now I can sing my annual rendition of "So I mowed little Buttercup, dear little Buttercup . . ." Time to switch the windows from storm to screen sash, I guess. |
naamah_darling
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6:17a |
Overdue Update
I went out to the appointment last week and applied for disability on the basis of being so damn bipolar. Everything went fine; it was difficult but less harrowing than I was afraid it was going to be. I just . . . I know they'll probably turn me down,* and that's when we call the lawyer, and I'm fine with that, mostly. Sort of. All right, not really, but I'm doing it this way because that is what I've been told to do. But . . . damn, guys, I've been so poor ever since I got married that before around 2007 I'd never been to the doctor for shit like, you know, the entire year I spent having two-hour panic attacks almost every day, or the eating disorder, or the not-suicidal-but-still-atrocious depression that I've had since I can remember. I've had this shit dogging me since I was a teenager, yet I have no documentation for it. It is so monstrously stupid and unfair. I will persist, of course. There isn't another way open to me right now. Traditional employment is out of the question, I'm not able to write, I cannot take commissions, and our other ventures are not performing particularly well. I am still depressed -- that isn't something that just goes away -- but knowing help is coming makes things easier. I don't necessarily expect that everything will get solved and I'll be as un-fucked as someone who was never crazy in the first place, but I am hoping to get some concrete advice about meds and coping strategies and all that, so that I can live with this if not more productively, more comfortably.I am trying not to be all doom and gloom about this. It's just kinda rough, especially coming at a time when I am so low. And sometimes, with things that suck, just the truth can be doomy and gloomy. I am upbeat. You can tell, because I'm doing things like rearranging my studio closet and storage space, optimistically hoping I'll be able to work at least a little. On a brighter note, we have gotten our sleeping schedule turned around in a good way, and I am hoping that lasts. I just got up about half an hour ago, at five thirty a.m. Being awake during the daylight is so weird. * I'd strongly prefer not to have the "Did you know it's difficult and could take years?" conversation. I do know. That's why I didn't do this ages ago. I am choosing not to think about anything more difficult than the very next step. Nothing matters but that I take that one step. Nothing else even exists. Thank you. I know y'all understand. X-posted from Dreamwidth. Comment count:  |
mmerriam
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5:38a |
Sky-Tinted Waters ToC #3 - Misprint by Tyler Tork
Tyler Tork is an emerging young adult writer with full command of his writing skills and the firm grasp on the voice of a young adult protagonist. Tyler is also a deep thinker about the craft of writing and gifted with a wicked sense of humor. Humor was what drew me to publish “Misprint.” I wanted more humor for this anthology, mostly to balance out all the darker pieces I had chosen. “Misprint” takes a simple concept and runs it down a demented rabbit-hole.  Sky-Tinted Waters is available from Sam's Dot Publishing. |
50bookchallenge
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11:12a |
Book 57: The Betrayal of Trust by Susan Hill
Book 57: The Betrayal of Trust (Simon Serrailler #6) . Author: Susan Hill, 2011 Genre: Police Procedural. Medical. Crime Fiction. Other Details: Hardback. 355 pages. A major storm has led to flooding in Lafferton as well as part of the embankment crashing down onto the bypass. Along with earth, trees and rubble something more sinister is found opening a sixteen year old cold case involving a missing teenager. Simon Serrailler is assigned to the case and painstakingly seeks answers. In a companion thread to the police procedural, Simon's sister, Cat Deerbon, is now the full-time Medical Director of the Lafferton Hospice, which is facing financial crises. She also has to give the news to one of her patients, Jocelyn Forbes, of a diagnosis of motor neuron disease. On receipt of this diagnosis Jocelyn decides she wants to end her life through assisted suicide before the disease overtakes her. I love this series and always look forward to getting my hands on a new one. The quality of Hill's writing is intelligent and inspiring though always remains accessible. While it is a police procedural, what sets it apart is the way in which Hill integrates the inhabitants of Lafferton and the city itself into the plot. As with other books in the series issues linked to ageing, mental illness, death and dying are explored; mainly through members of Simon Serrailler's family working in the medical field and those connected to them. In this novel the controversial issue of assisted suicide is in the forefront. |
bookish
[ vorvolaka ]
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11:08a |
gone, baby, gone
 Dennis Lehane – Gone, Baby, GoneSeries or stand alone: Kenzie and Gennaro book four Genre: thriller, crime, mystery Reason for reading: I’m making it my mission to read every Dennis Lehane book this year, apparently Challenge: Another for thriller in The 12 in 2012 Challenge Blurb: Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired to find four-year-old Amanda McCready. Despite extensive news coverage and dogged investigation into her abduction, the police have uncovered nothing. The case is rife with oddities: Amanda's indifferent mother, a couple with a history of paedophilia and a shadowy police unit. As the Indian summer fades, Amanda McCready stays gone - vanished so completely that she seems never to have existed. When a second child disappears, Kenzie and Gennaro face a local media more interested in sensationalizing the abductions than helping to solve them, a local police force seething with lethal secrets, and a faceless power determined to obstruct their efforts. Caught in a deadly tangle of lies, and determined to unravel the riddle that is anything but child's play, they soon discover that those who go looking for the missing may not come back alive. Verdict: good, leaning towards awesome ( Thoughts: ) |
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50bookchallenge
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12:14a |
Book 69: Muti's Necklace (children's)
"Muti's Necklace: the oldest story in the world" By Louise Hawes and Illustrated by Rebecca Guay Okay, it /isn't/ the oldest story in the world, because we DO, contrary to what the forward says, have 'written stories' from before this one. (hello, folks... really?) Also, the Author openly admits that the 'real' tale from ancient Egypt around the time of the Pharaoh Snefru, really focused on the magician and his retrieving the precious object of the tale- it didn't actually focus on Muti, as this book does... Now, DESPITE those things, this book would be a fantastic one to have on your shelf of books for children. It depicts a woman in an era when women were objectified, and yet it is not graphic about that, even tho it also does not dance around it! Muti is in a precarious position, and yet... she stays true to herself! It is a great tale, gorgeously illustrated, with a strong message: Be True to what you ARE, who you LOVE, and what is IMPORTANT to you! I think this woulod be a GREAT children's book to give as a gift- especially to pagan or non-traditional christian families... it doesn't depict ANY religon, but it does show Egyptian life, how women were treated, and how Muti keeps to her own true self. A VERY strong moral, despite the softness of the tale. Just remember that it isn't /actually/ the oldest story ever written. ;) Current Mood: artistic |
50bookchallenge
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12:02a |
Books 63, 64, 65: Uzumaki 1/2/3 Manga
"Ukzumaki" by Junji Ito Oh. My. Gawd. HOW is this NOT an american movie yet??? (I see there IS a Japanese interpretation, but haven't been able to locate a copy- but like "The Ring" (Ringu) and "The Grudge" before it... this has AMAZING pottential for an American Horror Movie... REAL Horror, not that blood-n-guts stuff they pass off as 'horror' nowdays... This is the story of a village. A village infected with SPIRALS. Oh sure. Go ahead. Chuckle. Go, "yeah... AND?" But really. Think about it. ...what happens when something as simple, no... as MUNDANE, as a 'spiral' becomes greater than just one aspect of the world, one pattern... and begins to take OVER? It's HORRIBLE. I couldn't stop reading untill I had gotten through the trilogy- TWICE. It would take some translating... but this, like many other 'surreal' movies (like "Ink" and "Pan's Labyrinth" would make an EXCELLENT movie that would make your SKIN crawl. You have spirals on the skin over your fingertips you know. ...and they don't stop there. Don't think too long, too hard, about it... or YOU could get infected, too. Current Mood:  shocked |
| Sunday, May 20th, 2012 |
lisayee
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11:59p |
Look! It's LitFest Pasadena
It was a gorgeous day in Pasadena. Well, that is if you consider blue skies and temps in the high 70s nice . . .  Perfect weather for the very very very first LitFest Pasadena -- and we were there!  Before the festival began, we wandered around and checked it out . . .        Wait! Who's that attractive trio? Why it's Co-founder of the Lit Fest, Pasadena Star Newsman Larry Wilson; author of HELEN OF PASADENA, Lian Dolan; and YA author/poet Ron Kortege hanging out in the Green Room!  We were thrilled to visit Little Junebugs, a new bookstore-and-fun-things-store in Pasadena . . .  Can it be? Yes! It's one of our fav indie bookstores, Once Upon a Time . . .   Hey, is that Candace Ryan and James Burks?  (The correct answer is YES!) While we were wandering about, we ran smack into YA author Blake Nelson wandering about, too. He didn't see us at first, at least, that's his story . . .      Maybe he was distracted by the Muggles playing Quiddich . . .   To kick off the inaugural fest, Larry spoke and Lian read from her new book -- so new that it's not out yet or even finished, and then we heard from Sandra Tsing Loh . . .  Soon it was time for our panel discussion . . .   (Above: Ron, Me, Cecil Castellucci, Sherri Smith, Blake, and Jessica Brody) Okay, so here's a popular game I invented just for you! It's called Guess Which LitFest YA Author is Wearing What/Whose Shoes . . .       Here are the answers in order of shoes: Ron, Cecil, Blake, Lisa, Jessica, Sherri. The panelists had a wonderful time taking about Young Adult novels, the industry, Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, the writing, the controversy, the state of geometry with regards to its impact on astrophysics, and adjectives. (Okay, so maybe we didn't talk about one of those topics, but we would have had we not run out of time.)   Later, Peepy had her own solo panel called "How to Be a Bestselling Author Without Even Writing a Book or Knowing What a Conjunction Is" . . .   Thanks, LitFest Pasadena, we had a great time! =========================== Disclaimer: No proofreaders were harmed (or even used) in the creation of this blog. Want to check out Lisa's NEW AND IMPROVED website? Simply CLICK HERE. Interested in having Lisa speak at your school, library or conference? CLICK HERE for more information. Lisa Yee 
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50bookchallenge
[ clayshaper ]
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11:49p |
Books 60-62: The Good Neighbors, 1/2/3, Graphic Novels
"The Good Neighbors" (Book one, Kin. Book two, Kith. Book three, Kind.) By Holly Black and Ted Naifeh (Brought to you from the author who did "the spiderwick chronicles" no less) You know what I am tired of? I'm tired of books that have pretty tinkerbelle fairies in them, that imagine the Fae to be these wonderful dancing little sprites who do only good and delight humans... That is not the Fae *I* know... nor the Fae held in ancient legends. THIS is a book that depicts the Fae races as they always were in the OLD myths... but it is a story set in modern times! What child doesn't dream of waking up and finding out he or she is REALLY something wonderful and supernatural?? Yeah, sometimes that's not a GOOD thing. ...in this tale, it's a very BAD thing, not because she isn't who she is born to be, but because she IS true to her SELF... not every Fae is wicked, either- they're just... different. VERY different. I ADORED this series. I would love to add them to my own small collection of books, and that's saying something. Usually a read or two and I am good- these... I would love to share with friends and family... love to be able to read again, at whim. Fantastic artwork, Amazing storyline, what isn't there to say about this Triad?? Run out and grab it up, scoop it up and hold it close. It's a rarity!! Current Mood: enthralled |
randomdreams
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11:52p |
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bookish
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10:51p |
Frank and Ernest by Alexandra Day
I picked this up from the library's discard pile during my run to take to my volunteer assignment (the library) at Children's Hospital. I remember when we read Day's Carl books (and I met a female version of Carl yesterday morning) to Merrie, and they are fun, great books to read to a young child. I wish this was one of Day's better known books. A woman who owns a diner wants to go on vacation, and she hires an elephant and bear to run the place. The artwork is Day's usual high quality, and it is a cute, fun, sweet story that you can read to or with your child. Plus, I've either read too much slash fic, or Day wrote Frank and Ernest as a couple. Which I think she could get even more credit for a book written in 1988. |
bookish
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10:41p |
Fort Freak edited by George R.R. Martin
I remain amused that for a man who despises fanfic that George R.R. Martin continues to edit and contribute to the Wild Cards series. Basically the series grew out of Martin, and a group of fellow writers with whom he is friends, love of super heroes, a RPG they were playing, and he has made veiled comments that some of them were writing fanfic. Fort Freak is not the strongest entry in the series. After the trilogy the previous three books provided we receive a stand alone that takes place entirely in New York. Jokertown is the section of the city occupied primarily by Jokers (those the Wild Card virus deformed, or deformed and gave minor powers to). Jokertown's police station is nicknamed Fort Freak. Whereas previous volumes in a like setting maintained a steady story flow this one feels more like a novel that has fits and starts. Arguably Cherie Priest's The Rat Race is used as a framing device. We follow the last few months of detective Leo Sotrgman, Ramshead, career before a forced retirment (the virus made him grow ram's horns), and the events that lead him to look into a 30+ year old cold case. As we go month to month we follow his steady working through leads to find the real killer. Out of the new writers recruited to the series Dr. Who screenwriter Paul Cornell's More is the best entry mixing action and humor with well paced writing. Priest's story would have worked better if told by itself, and the months could have been used as chapter headings. If anything the book's editor (be it Martin or Tor Publishing) should have kept the stories by themselves, and this would have been a better book and stronger entry in the series. |
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tithonium
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9:35p |
20 May 12
Mostly spent the day listening to a Dresden book and moving things around in the sunroom. Consolidated several boxes; now have a pile of them in the livingroom that need to go to the basement or storage. Found my fabric.. I was wrong, only one 5' x 8y of purple-and-gold and one 5' x 4y of black-and-gold. I might go see if I can find more. And I need to go pick a wall color, so I can paint behind the bookshelves before we move them again (we need to move them about 3/4" to the right ::P ) |
whatwasthatbook
[ rosehiptea ]
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8:34p |
Urban fantasy with vampires
This is very very little to go on but it's really been bugging me. I picked this book up in the bookstore maybe fifteen years ago. It was some kind of urban fantasy where vampires and werewolves (pretty sure on the werewolves at least, definitely the vampires) are real. (Which describes a lot of books, though not as many at that time.) I'm 99% sure some of the characters were police. I think this book was the first of a series. In one scene a man who is a vampire and a woman who is human are riding around in the back of a car, and there's some kind of awkward flirtation going on between them. He bites/kisses her, and then later she tells him something like "That bite, or whatever it was, wasn't bad." At least that's how I remember it. I know there's a lot of urban fantasy out there but does this specific scenario ring a bell with anyone? Current Mood:  curious |
pegkerr
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7:39p |
May Day pictures, belatedly
May Day was late this year, due to the rain date cancellation, and I am even later posting my pictures. But here they are. I no longer have my parade book so cannot give you much commentary on the intended meaning behind many of the characters, some of them very strange, that marched in the parade. But as Terry Garey once remarked (and this sort of a hazy paraphrase based on my memory of an email she sent out about the parade once years ago), it all sort of boils down to the same thing every year: good conquers evil because it's nicer. The parade and ceremony seemed so much more successful to me this year than last year, mostly because of the weather. Whereas last year it felt we were unable to banish the gloom from the park, this year's weather was warm and marveleous. It almost felt that all our work was done before the parade even started. We found a good spot near our usual location, at the point where the parade turns from Bloomington Avenue to head for Powderhorn park. Here's Fiona with a couple of her friends (Delia had wandered off to meet up with several of her own friends).
Pictures follow. Lots of pictures. ( The parade begins )( The Tree of Life is carried in the parade, shrouded )( I loved the big cranes )( With my interest in the heart of flesh/heart of stone theme, I was happy to see the heart here )( Stiltwalkers appear throughout the parade, always traditional )( Sloths appeared in the parade to remind us to slow down and smell the flowers )( Yes, at the May Day parade we have violins in the marching band )( All the floats in the parade are human-powered )( Community May poles )( Part of the South American dancer contingent )( One of the four horses representing the four winds, I think )( More marchers )( The May Day parade keeps community front and center )( Marching bees )This may be my favorite picture of the day. It says it all:
( One thing I enjoy about the parade each year is that it's so colorful )( After the parade ended... )( We headed to the park to picnic and watch the ceremony. Here's the sun, preparing to be rowed across the lake )( And when the sun finally arrives on the opposite shore )( The Tree of Life miraculously rises up to bless the community )Happy May Day!
This entry was originally posted at http://pegkerr.dreamwidth.org/1601106.html. There are  comments on the post. |
| Monday, May 21st, 2012 |
belgatherial
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1:14p |
Late night meme
This one's been sitting in my inbox for ages. From queenbookwenchCharacter meme. Comment, get a letter.
1. Leave a comment to this post!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.queenbookwench gave me S. Spike (BtVS)POTENTIAL BUFFY SPOILERS (if, you know, you haven't watched it.) ( Cut because I am sure someone on my FL is watching Buffy for the first time, and I don't want to spoil )Sunshine (Sunshine by Robin McKinley)And now for a totally different kind of vampire story! Rae "Sunshine" Seddon is my kind of heroine. Flawed, clever, brave. She's a baker, she loves the sun. She loves feeding people. She has a chosen family. This girl resonated so deeply with me on so many levels, and not just because she happens to share a nickname with me. She gets her power from the sun. This is no Twilight. The vamps in her world are alien and strange and unnatural and Wrong. Even the "good" ones. No sparkling here. No love story. Something deeper. A connection, yes, but it's not love. It's something else. McKinley is always good. But Sunshine is honestly out of the park brilliant. And Sunshine as a character is magnificent. St. GeorgeGoddamn upstart. What did those dragons ever do to you? Hmph. Scarlett O'Hara (Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell)I love Scarlett, despite all the reasons I think I shouldn't. She's vain and shallow and selfish. She's not particularly intellectually bright, and has absolutely no empathy for anyone. And yet, and yet. The girl is tough as nails. And determined. And she gets what she wants. And she never balks from whatever it is that needs doing, even when she knows "people will talk". What she lacks in book smarts and understanding she makes up for in business savvy and ruthless cunning. She should be a villian, really. And if you told her story from almost anyone else's point of view, she would be. And yet, I adore her. I love her complete lack of caring about what people think. I love her straightforward selfishness. I love her determination. I love her strength. In real life, I'd loathe her, but I can't help just adoring her as a character. The Snow Queen (Hans Christian Anderson)The Snow Queen is my favourite fairy tale, and the Queen herself is such a gloriously cold vicious villain. She plays her part perfectly. Evil thief of children. Making people cold and mean. Making them forget who they are, who they love with EVIL ICE SHARDS. She's great. I love the story because it's one of the few fairytales where the girl rescues the boy, and because, well, who can't love the little robber girl? But as a villain, the Snow Queen is one of the best there is. EVIL. ICE. SHARDS. Dude. |
| Sunday, May 20th, 2012 |
bookish
[ kensmind ]
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5:07p |
Book Review: Choosing Civility-The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct
Dr. Pier Forni is a Professor at Johns Hopkins University who lectures on civility, conducts civility workshops and is the driving force behind his university's Civility Project. In Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct, the author condenses much of his learning on this important subject at a time when information is moving faster, much of our interaction is electronic and no longer face to face and economic and social pressures make convenient excuses for forgetting to be polite and considerate of others. He begins with a discussion of what civility means, noting its connection to ethics and how it is at the foundation of good citizenship.  Many of the 25 rules should be fundamental for all of us. They are a throwback to simple lessons which we ought to have learned as children. Things like speaking kindly of others, avoiding gossip and making an effort to include others are examined in light of the norms of the modern world. Some of the other rules relate to what we do with our bodies, including basic hygiene and respecting the personal space of others. The author provides us with a good discussion about respecting the boundaries of others, and of examining our requests and demands on others. He reminds us that civility is something we should carry with us into our workplace, on the road as drivers, when we travel, when we are guests of others and in a variety of other aspects of our lives. It was also a nice inclusion to see the author address the role of civility in the way that we treat our pets and our environment. While one may jump to the conclusion that a faster paced world results in a less civil one, the author reminds us that there are many ways in which our society has shown significant advances in civility, including in our sensitivity to minorities and our attitudes towards gender equality. He notes that there are still many areas for improvement. He cites the conduct of parents at children's sporting events as one glaring example. This book is a worthwhile reminder for all of us about what civility means and about how we can all contribute to make it a more civil world. Gandhi said that we should be the change we want to see in the world, and if we wish to live in a more civil world, Dr. Forni provides us with a concise but excellent manual for how to bring about that change. Current Mood: calm |
| Monday, May 21st, 2012 |
madlori
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12:17a |
London: Day Three
Okay so I'm a few days behind in posting about my London trip. You can understand. I'll continue to write an entry for each day, I'll just probably be finishing it after I'm back home.  Thursday I started out the day at the Natural History Museum, which is lovely but a little schizo. It's sort of half-and-half old-school nat-hist museum (with stuffed yaks and dioramas and skeletons and shit) and modern-style museum with creative displays and interactivity and an effort to organize the information better. Their dinosaur wing is really good, but one thing puzzled me. the whole thing seemed organized to move toward their famous T-rex which is apparently a big draw. I thought cool, a T. rex! And then when i got there it was...an animatronic. Really? Animatronic T. rex? The earth science wing was all new and pretty jaw-dropping. It's a free museum but like most museums of its kind it was currently hosting two pay exhibits. One was about Scott's South Pole expedition, and the other was Animals Inside Out, basically the non-human version of that Bodies exhibit. I paid to go through that and it was totally worth it, the exhibit was jaw-dropping. They had an elephant. Without skin and partially exploded out to show all the muscular connections and bones and stuff. After that I meant to go to Kensington Palace but got distracted and ended up taking a random bus ride out to Clapham and back. then I went home and changed to meet Marie for our theater evening. We saw "Misterman" with Cillian Murphy...it's a one-actor show. it was amazing. Then we had lots of sushi on the South Bank. I eat sushi all the time but I'd never eaten at a sushi bar with a conveyor belt. It was fun.   |
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