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By the time I finished this book, I decided not to work another job on the graveyard shift. Informed by the last 6 million years of modern human existence, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century focuses on some of the practices, structures, and ideas applicable to individuals and collective members of the modern world. Lots of takeaways; it's more or less whatever chapters ...
"A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century"
Sep 05, 2023
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Ahmed Saadawi gives up on none of his characters. No less than 20 recur in Frankenstein in Baghdad . How he managed to keep each one relevant amazed me only in hindsight, however. The total number of characters even mentioned -- more than 30 -- overwhelmed me throughout the book. Ultimately, I finished Frankenstein in Baghdad because I'm a fan of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein . That...
"Frankenstein in Baghdad"
May 18, 2023
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The only movie I remember seeing in 3D is "My Bloody Valentine" , and the audience screamed and covered our faces when the swaying sickle/ax or whatnot purtruded from the big screen. That changed in June, when I saw "Flight of the Butterflies." The documentary is a little on the creepy side -- rather, the creepy-crawly side. In some scenes, a single monarch butterfly or its caterpillar overwhelms ...
"Flight of the Butterflies"
Dec 31, 2022
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