http://renaissance.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ i know a little bit about a lot of things en Vox Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:30:02 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/books-read-so-far-this-year.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/books-read-so-far-this-year.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/books-read-so-far-this-year.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:30:02 -0700 I fell off the wagon in writing about the books I'm reading, but I have continued to read and want to keep track in some form. My original goal was to read a lot more books this year and that hasn't really happened. I'm going to work on that. T... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/books-read-so-far-this-year.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a01240b633726860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lists books reading http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/april-non-fiction-the-legend-of-pope-joan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/april-non-fiction-the-legend-of-pope-joan.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/april-non-fiction-the-legend-of-pope-joan.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:27:41 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22523bfd8604a011017ba8e53860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22523bfd8604a011017ba8e53860e-50si" alt="The Legend of Pope Joan: In Search of the Truth" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> For this month's non-fiction selection, I chose to delve into a standing mystery in Catholic culture. While quite meaty and intensely well researched, this book also stretches slightly into the memoir category as Peter Sanford intersperses his a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/april-non-fiction-the-legend-of-pope-joan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a0110163f0d17860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> reading non fiction pope joan http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-omnivores-hundred.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-omnivores-hundred.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-omnivores-hundred.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:14:52 -0700 Copied over from Very Good Taste and Wannabe Wino: Here’s what I want you to do: 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. 2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. 3) Cross out any items that you would never consi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-omnivores-hundred.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fa96969dff0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food eating http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/willing-by-scott-spencer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/willing-by-scott-spencer.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/willing-by-scott-spencer.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:21:14 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fad6a689140005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fad6a689140005-50si" alt="Willing" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Scott Spencer does, as The Wall Street Journal put it, have a way with language. His writing style is a unique take on the stream of consciousness ramblings of a conflicted young man trying to find himself in a modern world where everything has ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/willing-by-scott-spencer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fa969453f00002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> reading elle reader panel http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/certain-girls-by-jennifer-weiner.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/certain-girls-by-jennifer-weiner.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/certain-girls-by-jennifer-weiner.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:47:46 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fad6a5a54d0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fad6a5a54d0005-50si" alt="Certain Girls: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It wasn't terrible. It just wasn't my kind of book. I don't like chick lit. I don't like self-conscious books about imperfect women with insecurity issues. Not that the heroine has to have an incredible sense of self worth and self esteem, bu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/certain-girls-by-jennifer-weiner.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a0100a7f47372000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> reading elle reader panel http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-seamstress-by-frances-de-pontes-peebles.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-seamstress-by-frances-de-pontes-peebles.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-seamstress-by-frances-de-pontes-peebles.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:43:49 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22523bfd8604a0100a7f32dbd000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22523bfd8604a0100a7f32dbd000e-50si" alt="The Seamstress: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Seamstress is, at its core, a tale of two sisters from a small country town in inland Brazil in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Each sister escapes the small town to follow her own path, and the story follows each over the course of a troubl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-seamstress-by-frances-de-pontes-peebles.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a0100a7f32e88000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> reading elle reader panel http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-abstinence-teacher-by-tom-perrotta.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-abstinence-teacher-by-tom-perrotta.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-abstinence-teacher-by-tom-perrotta.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:03:36 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fae8cd1e92000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fae8cd1e92000b-50si" alt="The Abstinence Teacher" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Like his previous novel, Little Children, a novel not really about actual children at all, Tom Perrotta's The Abstinence Teacher turns out to not really be about an actual teacher of abstinence. Ruth Ramsey, one of the two chief protagonists, do... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/the-abstinence-teacher-by-tom-perrotta.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a0100a7e993d9000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> reading elle reader panel http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/eating-my-values.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/eating-my-values.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/eating-my-values.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:49:02 -0700 Last night, I had an eating epiphany. I was trying to use up the fresh vegetables and pork medallions in the fridge because I'll be out of town for a few days. I threw together a healthy (relatively...), tasty meal and found that because of my c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/eating-my-values.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a00fad69117870004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/i-could-fall-in-love-with-jersey-at-sunset.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/i-could-fall-in-love-with-jersey-at-sunset.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/i-could-fall-in-love-with-jersey-at-sunset.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:49:32 -0700 ...but I won't. Well, that's not how the song goes, but I've been taking the pup for evening walks every so often instead of my usual morning duty, and you really can fall in love with a skyline at twilight. It really doesn't matter if it's New... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/i-could-fall-in-love-with-jersey-at-sunset.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a00e398ef20010004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> gratitude http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/curing-the-kitchen-with-thekitchn.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(halfginger) http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/curing-the-kitchen-with-thekitchn.html?_c=feed-rss http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/curing-the-kitchen-with-thekitchn.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:43:09 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22523bfd8604a00f48ce7f14b0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22523bfd8604a00f48ce7f14b0002-50si" alt="Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This month, TheKitchn.com, one of my favorite blogs, is doing The Kitchen Cure, an 8 week kitchen makeover-of-sorts, based off of Apartment Therapy's Eight Step Home Cure. I really need to do a full cure, which is going on over at apartmentthera... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://renaissance.vox.com/library/post/curing-the-kitchen-with-thekitchn.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523bfd8604a00e398e995790005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> de-clutter kitchen cure