TheMayGray,asthelocalweathermancalledthelastthreegloomydays,was
finallyoverandthemorningwascoolandclear.Afterspendingyesterday
walkingaroundtheneighborhoodandreadinginaStarbucks,Billhoppedonhis
trustyebikeandheadedsouthtoSunnyvale.
Trafficwaslight,thewindwasbehindhisback,andalongCentralExpresshe
pedalledataneasypace.In15minutes,heswitchedatMaryontoEvelynWand
soonarriveddownto...[
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OnereasonforNetscapetogoIPO,accordingtothebookTheNewNewThing,was
thatJimClark,theSiliconValleyanarchicposterchildoftheneweconomy,
neededtocashouthissharesforasailboat.BuiltbyDutchmasters,the
vesselwashugeandposhanduniqueinthatitwasoutfittedwiththerequisite
hardwareandsoftwaretobecompletelycontrolledbycomputers.Atleastthat
wasthegoal.Andsothestoryunfurled.
Lewishasaflair.Hedoe...[
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Iwonderedifmypoorperformanceonthejiu-jitsumatstartingearlyMaywasapreludetosomethingbutonTueMay7,anarm-barwentwronginsparringandIdecidedtotakeafewdaysoff.TimhadsufferredallergyforweeksbutannouncedthathegotsickonWed.Thursdayevening,Ifeltasorethroatandmildchills.IsentTimtoschoolearlyFridayforhisAPHistorytestandspenttherestofthemorningdrinkingcoffeeandreadingthelast70pagesofAHundredYearsOfSolitudenear...[
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Afterhearingaboutitforsolong,Ihavefinallyreadthemasterpieceof
GabrielGarcíaMárquez.In416pages,OneHundredYearsofSolitudefeltlike
somecondensedChinesemult-generationsaga(IthoughtofOrdinaryWorldwhichI
listenedtoalongtimeago).
TheBuendiafamilywasamongthefoundersofMacondo,autopiantownin
Columbia.Thepatriarch,JoséArcadioBuendia,befriendedMelthegypsy,who
leftvol...[
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IttookBillhalfofthe400-pagebooktoadapttoFaulkner'sstyle,trudging
through50pagesaday,amasochisticrecord.
Theauthorseemedtoloathethedotandthequestionorexclamationmarkand
fondofreplacingthemwiththeparentheses,thesemicolon,andthehyphen.Often,
onesentencefillsaparagraph,aprowessthewriterobviouslyblissedoutin
withnoregardtothemiseryofthereader.
Thetext,riddenwithparenth...[
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Thefour-dayaweekroutinehassuitedmewell.Igrappletwodaysandtakea
break.OftenIfeelIcoulddomore,sometimesIfeelIcouldtakeanotherday
off,butIchoosetosticktotheplan.Themusclesandjointshurtmoreorless
everynightbutbynoon,Iwouldhaverecovered.Thehardestistogetupand
rightawaydosunsalutationsandtoe-to-the-barabcurls.Before40,Icould
neverimaginesuchalife--dailypainsfromtraining--asIst...[
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Asthetitlesuggests,theauthorreadthestaggeringOEDbacktobackoverone
yearbecausefirst,itwasthere,andsecond,helovedit.
Hethenchronicledthisexperiencein26chapters,eachconsistingofastory
followedbyalistofwordsstartingwiththesamecharacterthathegleaned
fromthedictionary.Shea'sobsessionwithwordsseepsthroughoutthe223
pages.
ThesecondtimeIpickedupthebookwasattheendof2019...[
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Inthesummerof2005,PresidentBushreadabook,"TheGreatInfluenza:TheStoryoftheDeadliestPandemicinHistory,"JohnBarry'saccountofthe1918Spanishflu,andorderedanationalplantofightapandemic.Twodoctors,RichardandCarter,fromtheteamstudiedthefluwithmodelsandintroducedtheideaofusingsocialdistancing(whichunbeknownsttothemwasananthropologyterm)tocontainavirus.Theymadetheplanandpublishedtheirfindingsb...[
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"Her(TaylorSwift's)newalbumwassocorny!"rantedthe17-year-oldasthey
weretakingtheirafter-mealwalk."Youcanloveasongforitslyrics,its
melody,oritsvibematchingyourmood.Ilikeherearlyworksbut,man,two
hoursandfifteenminutesofcliches!"Hewasgripingaboutthe"TheTortured
PoetsDepartment,"whichevenBillnoticedearlierwhiletheywereeatingin
frontoftheTV.
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Thehardcovercopyof"ForWhomTheBellTolls"fromalibrarysale
hadsatontheshelfmanyyearsbeforeIpickedituplastweek.Thishas
beenmywaywiththeclassics:Itryandgiveuponlytocomebacktothemlater
withrenewedinterest.Sothere'shopethatImightfinallygettoShakespeare.
Itsaysaboutmyself,Iguess,andmightalsotypifiesakindofprogress.
RobertJordan,aSpanishprofessorattheUniversityofMontana,too...[
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