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Archive for the ‘review’ Category

Book Reviews: Pynchon, Whuffies, Fat Food

Yes, we all know how Kindle & Co. are going to steal budgets from paper presses, yet while books are still a common cultural good, I want to recommend three readings which recently filled my days with joy and the priceless gift of offline information. It’s not that priceless, though: Amazon quickly has to get rid of tons of books before everyone switches to eInk :mrgreen: As the avid reader might notice, Thomas Pynchon’s “Inherent Vice”, Tara Hunt’s “The Whuffie Factor” and the infamous picture book “This is why you’re fat” do have nothing in common. Just saying. Read the rest of this entry »

My favorite god/ess

Johannes asked me to write a review of my favorite god/ess for monochroms Polytheism blog. The Viennese based group announced 2008 as the year of polytheism: the basic idea is to overcome unnecessary borders drawn by religion and – this is just my personal interpretation – to post-teenage religion. Read the rest of this entry »