Leif Enger.I Cheerfully Refuse.Grove P, 2024. We consider Leif Enger’sPeace Like a Riverone of the best American novels (so far) of the twenty-first century. We were excited, then, to see he had come out with a new one.I Cheerfully Refuseis a well-written story that reminded us of...
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Back to the Doghouse, andSepulturadeliver one of the sets of the day, if not the weekend. Given far too little time, Sepultura simply bulldoze the crowd with a compelling mix of old and new material, echoing in part the brilliantSepulquartarelease. Thus, we get an opening barrage ofArise...
—One would think it impossible for anyone to reply confidently and cheerfully that his judgment—·i.e. the judgment of his understanding·—is that •they are all essentially indifferent, and that no one thing is fitter to be done than any other. This is very obviously not a judgment ...
an improvement over the whim of kings. But politics, despite centuries of hard refinement, is still far more ego-driven art than craft. Habits of at least four thousand years seem to favor self-interest, hierarchies and dogma, instead of gathering evidence and cheerfully letting facts guide us...
something about the waves of language constantly rolling in to finish our sentences for us – with barely a click, and often even without. I’m thinking of everything that speaks for us, in our name, all those suggested phrases tha...
of crazy, it deserves a place of honor with Orange blossom perfumes. You can catch whiffs of Orange Blossom frolicking through the night on the far side of propriety and the near side of insanity – cheerfully unhinged. I’ve seen reviews noting fear upon opening the bottle and getting the...
I will have no money for the next forever and then some, and if you ask me to meet you at a fancy restaurant I’ll probably refuse on financial grounds. But if my mother is on her deathbed and her final wish is to see me one last time, I will find the money to get an ...
Morning brings with it the chance to sit al fresco overlooking the La Piscina east pool on the terrace at Giardino – a cheerfully-decorated restaurant with marble ‘terrazzo’ flooring, and wallcoverings inspired by the jungle motif of Versace’s wallpaper collection. The vibe is hap...
The strong points are the linguistic and social observations. A lot of the pure science is educated guessing—after all, Middle Earth is fantasy. How could elves, for example, have such great eyesight? One article explains how the anatomy of their eyes would differ from humans’. What advanta...