by Nathan Reed | Feb 4, 2014 | Blog, current news, politics
I didn’t watch the Super Bowl. I’ve not seen any of the commercials. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 22, 2013 | Blog, politics, Quotes - In and Out of Context
David Foster Wallace would have been 51 yesterday. So often we talk about how freedom empowers us — less often, we think about the obligations freedom conveys. I love this quote by Wallace: The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness,...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 13, 2013 | Blog, current news, Quotes - In and Out of Context, random interests
Hilary Mantel, one my favorite authors (she wrote Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies, and won the Booker Prize), wrote a long but interesting article for the London Review of Books. She discusses everything from Marie Antoinette, Kate Middleton, Henry VII, and more....
by Nathan Reed | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog, random interests, stories
[roundbox color=”000000″ backgroundcolor=”ae76f7″ bordercolor=”000000″ borderwidth=”1″ borderstyle=”none” icon=”” ]This blog post was originally published March 30, 2008.[/roundbox] He’s obviously...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 10, 2013 | Blog, random interests
Some things you learn too late in life. The word “forte” is actually two words, but we generally pronounce it the wrong way. You probably hear it pronounced ˈfȯr-tē (or “for-tay”). Unless you’re talking about a piano, you should pronounce...