Sometime when listening to other people who feel a need to conduct their conversations at the top of their lungs I wonder why they can’t limit themselves to the comments sections in blogs. There are blogs missing commentators.

There is a wonderful article by Anthony Daniels on the demise of the book in the New Criterion. 

http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-digital-challenge--I--Loss---gain--or-the-fate-of-the-book-7468

From the Wall Street Journal

 

The Ecstasy of Influence

A polymath whose creative talents heed no boundaries, Patrick Kinmonth has a cinematic aesthetic fueled by his love of collaboration—and a joyful sense of history

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204425904578072633736545850.html#ixzz2BO9S1Bky

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Two interesting quotes from ivanka trump:

Two interesting quotes from ivanka trump:

 “Once a week, I disconnect completely. No email, no TV, no Internet from Friday night to Saturday night. It's incredibly restorative. Part of the downside of the technology infiltration in our lives is that it's easy to get very micro in your thoughts and not allocate the time to step back and think about the bigger picture.”


 “My go-to restaurants in New York City are a pizza joint in Brooklyn called Lucali, and Luzzo's in the East Village. And I love Jean Georges for a work-related lunch or a formal dinner.”


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204098704578081140105838644.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5