Anniversary

One hundred years ago today, what is believed to have been a small comet or asteroid exploded over the Tunguska River in Siberia. Science News has a retrospective.

Midyear

Well, we're at the halfway point for 2008, so it's time to recap this year's reading. I've finished fifty-five books so far this year, once again well ahead of the previous year's pace. Only eleven of the books have been nonfiction, though, and fourteen have been fiction rereads. Without further ado:

( The List )

Confession

I have long wanted to buy - perhaps custom-buy - a T-shirt with the words "I Like Ludwig" encircling a picture of J. S. Bach, just to see how people would react.

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

How long is "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" supposed to be? The version I have seems to be only 33 seconds, which is awfully short for something which made the Rolling Stone Top 500 list.