I love New York

I keep running into online articles, LJ comments, and so on that say that the difference between Europe and North America is that in Europe, you go 200 kilometers and run into 14 different languages, and anywhere you go you may see people who just got off the plane from Tunisia that morning.

I can run into 14 different languages in 20 kilometers, probably in two, never mind 200, and run into people who are just arrived from anywhere on the planet any random morning.

I love New York

I keep running into online articles, LJ comments, and so on that say that the difference between Europe and North America is that in Europe, you go 200 kilometers and run into 14 different languages, and anywhere you go you may see people who just got off the plane from Tunisia that morning.

I can run into 14 different languages in 20 kilometers, probably in two, never mind 200, and run into people who are just arrived from anywhere on the planet any random morning.

A book post: Tolkien and Shakespeare

I ought to write something about the new John M. Ford collection, Heat of Fusion and other Stories. I probably will. But instead, while waiting for the bus this afternoon I started thinking about The Return of the King and, thence, literary allusion and William Shakespeare.

( spoiler warning for The Return of the King and Macbeth )

[Yes, this is papersky-safe: it's a book post.]

A book post: Tolkien and Shakespeare

I ought to write something about the new John M. Ford collection, Heat of Fusion and other Stories. I probably will. But instead, while waiting for the bus this afternoon I started thinking about The Return of the King and, thence, literary allusion and William Shakespeare.

( spoiler warning for The Return of the King and Macbeth )

[Yes, this is papersky-safe: it's a book post.]