Daily Archives: September 3, 2013

Bill Watterson

Bill Watterson, creator of the eternal Calvin and Hobbes, drew panels for key lines from his famous graduation speech to Kenyon College in 1990. It’s a wonderful strip on “creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul”.

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Literary Appreciation of the Lovecraft Kind

In ‘Literary Appreciation of the Lovecraft Kind‘, Dan McCarthy defends H.P. from a recent claim that he is a “godawful writer”. McCarthy nails it in the following assessment of Lovecraft’s writing, which I agree with wholeheartedly: The “flaw” in Lovecraft’s … Continue reading

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Linz

From “What Occurred at Linz: A Memoir of Forgetting“, by Robert Hahn, is this telling description of Linz today, the city that Hitler was born in: Heading away from the square, I turn left at Graben, meaning “moat”—I have passed … Continue reading

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