Sep 6, 2016Paris![I have been existing with minimal wifi for some time now, but rest assured: I did write this post while still in the airport in Paris]
Dec 31, 2013Moby Dick Or The Whale
By Herman MelvilleI first read Moby Dick when I was around 12, enjoying the Adventure and Fun Names and Cool Whale Facts, struggling through the passages that I did not understand or were boring - in an attempt to prove to myself or others that I was Smart. Listening to it again 15 years later I am forced to admit that the mere mechanical process of reading, understanding words and plot and making it from the front cover to the back is not necessarily indicative of understanding, appreciation, of Being Cultured. But also, looking back, I did not entirely miss.