But let's talk about Proust. I continue making progress: in fact, I actually crossed a line tonight, finishing Madame Swann at Home. The pleasure I continue to get out of reading this book sits curiously with the article I read today in the New York Times on "How to fake reading great books," in which the author claims, "People now come up to me to describe the cultural wounds they suffered at school. ‘You have to read all of Proust.’ They were traumatized." Good heavens. Is it a time thing? Are they obliged to read lesser works? I'm not sure where exactly the trauma is supposed to come in ...
Back home at a reasonable hour from Strictly Bona
But let's talk about Proust. I continue making progress: in fact, I actually crossed a line tonight, finishing Madame Swann at Home. The pleasure I continue to get out of reading this book sits curiously with the article I read today in the New York Times on "How to fake reading great books," in which the author claims, "People now come up to me to describe the cultural wounds they suffered at school. ‘You have to read all of Proust.’ They were traumatized." Good heavens. Is it a time thing? Are they obliged to read lesser works? I'm not sure where exactly the trauma is supposed to come in ...
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I just don't deserve them
I found out today that my test team guys had put a workflow into Jira so that test cases are being "automatically" reviewed as a part of the release…
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End of Sunday
I had the most horrendous insomnia last night. J's party had wrapped up, and I thought I'd actually, you know, get in 9 hours, but instead 1 AM, 2…
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What a way to wake up on a Saturday morning
I slept great last night. Hurray! Nine plus hours of sleep in a row! I may feel like I've had enough some day after having two weeks where I felt…
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