Jim Calhoun announced his retirement two days ago. 1:22 PM, I tweeted that I have a Calhoun story 1:23 PM, Rep-Am sportswriter Ed Daigneault tells me to write it down. I just did. 2:22 PM, I publish it for your enjoyment August 1990 I toured UConn’s Storrs campus in the late summer before my senior year of … [Read more...]
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Christmas Town: Bethlehem
O (My) Little Town of Bethlehem A visit to Christmas Town December 2009 Crazy. Plum crazy I says. I had heard about Bethlehem from a trusted source who used to write for a local paper out this way that Bethlehem was a “very conservative, very unique” place. I had read that they celebrate their name through … [Read more...]
Bridgewater: Our Last Dry Town (Pre-2015)
At Least It Has "Water" in Its Name Bridgewater: Connecticut's Last Remaining Dry Town November 2014 Update: I’m sad about this and there’s really no reason for me to be that way. But a unique and quirky Connecticut town policy came to an end this week, with the residents of Bridgewater voting to end the town’s no … [Read more...]
Book Review: How the States Got Their Shapes
How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein In case you were wondering, I’m a map geek. I’ve mentioned it all over the place on CTMQ and I make no secret of it. (I’m not alone mind you, and I’m not the most afflicted… Trust me.) But I am bad enough that I asked for this book for Christmas and read it in short … [Read more...]
ML99. The Ginger Man
Danger, Dangerfield Modern Library # 99 1955, J.P. Donleavy "The Ginger Man" is an interesting book in the CTMQ household. In the few weeks it took Hoang to read it, I heard her complain about it numerous times. She just wasn't into it at all and her hatred of the protagonist, Sebastian Dangerfield, grew to … [Read more...]
ML97. The Sheltering Sky
Getting Their Just Deserts Modern Library # 97 1949, Paul Bowles I feel sort of weird sitting down to write this review. Now I realize that when a board selects 100 top books out of the hundreds of thousands written over the course of one hundred years, they all should be nearly perfect. Of course, as I’m … [Read more...]
ML86. Ragtime
A Ragtimes to Riches Story Modern Library # 86 1975, E.L. Doctorow Throw this book onto the pile of books that I was to have read in my youth but somehow never did. I think there are about 20 of those books on this list. If I recall correctly, I think I was supposed to read this in 10th grade... But I didn't. … [Read more...]
ML84. The Death of the Heart
Not All Portias Are Fast Modern Library # 84 1938, Elizabeth Bowen Oh dear, I must confess I found this book to be most detestable. Though, one must contemplate one's scholarly achievement in light of finishing this horrid little tome. (OK, enough Bowen-esque blather). Actually, this sea cucumber-paced … [Read more...]
ML76. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Take the Skinheads Bowling Modern Library # 76 1961, Muriel Spark A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. Now I know Muriel Spark wasn¹t trying to be mathematically clever with her title, but I think it still bears mentioning. Jean Brodie is in … [Read more...]
ML73. The Day of the Locust
The Grass Isn’t Always Greener Modern Library # 73 1939, Nathanael West I was so happy to read this book. Really and truly. For one, it’s nice and short. (So short that Hoang picked it up and read it in a 24-hour block over the last two days of 2010, for no other reason than to rub it in my face that she is … [Read more...]
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