So the receptionist sees my dog and says, "Fourteen! I had a Maltese that lived to be 25 years old. It died of an accident. It was blin...

Originally in Japanese! By Kaori Tsutaya, translated by Amy Hirschman, an uber weird 'n charming n' peculiarly practical book on ...

This is a Generic Brand Video  (Dissolve.com) Based on  the poem  by Kendra Eash (Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency) Photos fr...

Rare Books Digest on: Renaissance "Theaters of Machines" Commuter Libraries (and I expect to see these make a comeback...

A fascinating and excellent talk: Mary Atkins at TEDx San Antonio on End of Life Experiences. COMMENT

Dr W. Michael Mathes Talks about the origins of the Jesuit enterprise in Antigua California From the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/...

In Days of Yore, when printing book meant 2,000 + copies shipped to a warehouse, the mistake of, say, having called Jorge Luis Borges ...

Over at Greg Kaminsky's Occult of Personality podcast, a long interview with Mitch Horowitz , author of Occult America and One Simple I...

Enter Airbnb and a little far West Texas town starts turning into... read Rachel Monroe on housing trends in Marfa, TX Robotenomics -- exc...

A highly recommended, brief, business-oriented TED talk .  Take home point: the nature and role of institutions (plug in "publishing ho...