Snarky Yeti
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A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
For some reason this line from The Assassination of Richard Nixon popped into my head.
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
For some reason this line from The Assassination of Richard Nixon popped into my head.
Is "convivial" derived from Ivan Illich?
December 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Is "convivial" derived from Ivan Illich?
I thought of you this morning after this exchange with my son.
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I thought of you this morning after this exchange with my son.
My copy is on the shelves. It'll be a while before I get to it, though.
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My copy is on the shelves. It'll be a while before I get to it, though.
My dance card is full for the foreseeable future. With some holiday vacation time coming, it seemed like a good time to dive into Zeldin's 2000 pager. I've had the two volumes for decades, and now I'm finally reading them.
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My dance card is full for the foreseeable future. With some holiday vacation time coming, it seemed like a good time to dive into Zeldin's 2000 pager. I've had the two volumes for decades, and now I'm finally reading them.
Wait, did I miss something in Eastern Promises?
December 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Wait, did I miss something in Eastern Promises?
I love the figure of the revolutionary triad refracting into its components through the 19th century and beyond.
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I love the figure of the revolutionary triad refracting into its components through the 19th century and beyond.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Moving on to Gregor Dallas's The Final Act: The Roads to Waterloo.
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Moving on to Gregor Dallas's The Final Act: The Roads to Waterloo.
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
They're visible in Tennessee, too.
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
They're visible in Tennessee, too.
Arlette Farge's Fragile Lives: Violence, Power and Solidarity in Eighteenth-Century Paris
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Arlette Farge's Fragile Lives: Violence, Power and Solidarity in Eighteenth-Century Paris
If I made a corn maze I'd have this face peeking out of the corn.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
If I made a corn maze I'd have this face peeking out of the corn.
Describe your cat's personality with one photo
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Describe your cat's personality with one photo
Also, I have not read this one yet (frying other fish at the moment) but this looks very promising. Hayes is a professor of English, and here he writes of Jefferson's intellectual development primarily through his associations and the books he was reading.
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Also, I have not read this one yet (frying other fish at the moment) but this looks very promising. Hayes is a professor of English, and here he writes of Jefferson's intellectual development primarily through his associations and the books he was reading.
Steven Englund's Napoleon: A Political Life
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Steven Englund's Napoleon: A Political Life
I happened upon Paris, Capital of Modernity at the used book shop recently. The title alone sold it.
November 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I happened upon Paris, Capital of Modernity at the used book shop recently. The title alone sold it.
The butterflies loved our zinnias.
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The butterflies loved our zinnias.
Not mine, a co-worker's.
October 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Not mine, a co-worker's.
I found this at the used bookstore a while back.
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I found this at the used bookstore a while back.