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About smellincoffee

Citizen, librarian, reader with a boundless wonder for the world and a curiosity about all the beings inside it.

Debate Night 2024

Posted on September 10, 2024 by smellincoffee

I’m supposed to be watching two people who I don’t like or respect debate on who should be el presidente, but knowing I have no real say in the matter, I am choosing to listen to beautiful music instead. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday Time

Posted on September 10, 2024 by smellincoffee

“You mean you ain’t going to drink no more?” “I mean I’m taking it one day at a time.” “But if you don’t drink no more, then how come you got beer in your refrigerator?” “Hard to say goodbye.” “And … Continue reading →

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DNA is Not Destiny

Posted on September 9, 2024 by smellincoffee

When I first learned about DNA, I formed a very elementary notion of it being a bit like lego blocks: this bit was the blonde hair, that gene was green eyes, that sort of thing. Later on, as I began … Continue reading →

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Amadeus premiered majestically today 40 years ago

Posted on September 6, 2024 by smellincoffee
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Amazon just congratulated me for being a Kindle addict

Posted on September 6, 2024 by smellincoffee

In 2011, I posted some thoughts about why I had a dislike for e-readers, and my fears of what they would do to book culture in general, under the name “Go Go Gadget Literature“. Five years later, I sheepishly admitted … Continue reading →

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The Dispossessed

Posted on September 6, 2024 by smellincoffee

So you say you want a revolution? Well, brother, you must be the revolution. Shevek of Anarres is a brilliant physicist who is on the cusp of a breakthrough that could revolutionize humanity’s use of space and time, but he’s … Continue reading →

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The Calculating Stars

Posted on September 5, 2024 by smellincoffee

The night is young and you’re so beautiful, can’t we get into the swing of – what was THAT?! The Calculating Stars opens with a rocket scientist and a math genius/former WASP pilot having a romantic night in the mountains, … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 4, 2024 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Disaster!, Dan Kurtzman. A re-read for me, a mixed oral/narrative history of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. WHAT are you reading now? The Dispossessed, Ursula le Guin. Should finish tomorrow. (I … Continue reading →

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Disaster!

Posted on September 3, 2024 by smellincoffee

I stumbled upon this title nearly twenty years ago while touring my community college’s library and checking out what it had to offer. I found a couple of titles (Disaster! and Good Life in Hard Times: San Francisco’s Twenties and … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Teasday: Books Involving Food

Posted on September 2, 2024 by smellincoffee

Happy Tuesday! I took the weekend off from….most everything, including reading unless you count an audiobook (still tolerating Red Dead’s History), but now I’m back in the saddle. Today’s theme is books involving food, so I’m going to split it … Continue reading →

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