http://halftruth.umwblogs.org Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:17:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One: Video enhancement using still photographs. Two: Yale grad student builds tiny house. (Madeline, I think you especially would like this.) http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/08/19/two-very-cool-things/ I actually finished Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye late last night, but rather than write about it then I thought I'd wait for today. And then I forgot, so it's a little late tonight, too. But oh well. I told a good friend that I'd read and liked ... http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/08/03/the-bluest-eye/ So I think I have a little crush on Junot Diaz.  (Possible signs you're a little dorky: infatuation based on words.) (Brief note of frustration: I started this book Friday night and only just finished it this evening. Where has my focus gone? Towards the end of spring semester ... http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/07/30/the-brief-woundrous-life-of-oscar-wao-with-parentheticals/ So I've been cleaning and rearranging and going through lots of books, which has unearthed some I should have thought of before but hadn't.  So here's another list of links, this time with a little bit of commentary. Barry Hughart, Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart, Eight Skilled Gentlemen He wrote a third, The ... http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/07/27/more-on-books/ I'm home now, for a given value of "home," at least, which means I'm cleaning my butt off. The process of packing makes it clear to me how much stuff I have accumulated, clear in a way it's not when I'm living spread out. Partially because things aren't ... http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/07/25/back-in-md/ Because I'm feeling nerdy and Milton-y, I've put up a muxtape sort of based on class, I guess.  It's here, and for posterity, here is the track listing: 01. Elbow - Weather to Fly 02. The National - The Geese of Beverly Road 03. Amy Annelle - Will Try 04. ... http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/07/23/music/ So today's talk of typology was hugely interesting and now I sort of feel like I should go read the Bible through a couple times and try and catch some of this stuff myself.  But seeing as I am, like everyone else I think, being swallowed up by a paper ... http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/07/21/foreshadowings-etc/ Hey everyone... how's your paper going?  Anyone have any worries/concerns/excitement they need to share? And er, does anyone know the correct way to cite a quotation from Paradise Lost? I'm slightly unsure... http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/07/20/papers/ Hidden If you place a fern under a stone the next day it will be nearly invisible as if the stone has swallowed it. If you tuck the name of a loved one under your tongue too long without speaking it it becomes blood sigh the little sucked-in breath of air hiding everywhere beneath your words. No one sees the fuel that feeds you. Naomi Shihab Nye Fuel http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/07/18/hidden/ You Decide To Bring Her Flowers You decide to bring her flowers even though it's your first date and you're scared you're coming on too strong and you don't even know if it's a date-date or just a date but you decide to bring her flowers even though you think maybe she just wants a new ... http://halftruth.umwblogs.org/2008/07/18/you-decide-to-bring-her-flowers/