Finished Janet Malcolm’s Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice, after which I decided I didn’t much care for Gertrude or Alice. Then I went to the 92nd Street Y to hear Janet Malcolm read from the book and answer questions, and…

I have read Philip Roth’s latest, Exit Ghost. Vintage Roth, can’t say I loved it, but he is an ace writer. Now reading a biography of Colette, because I am going to a “do” with her biographer on Sunday. Watch…

A Work in Progress: Thinking Russian — A Thursday Thirteen I went through a Russian phase long ago. Anybody up for picking it up again? (tags: Russian literature reading)

Sticky biscuits My father’s mother used to make something like this, with molasses, I think. Hadn’t thought of them in years until I saw this. (tags: bread breakfast recipes stickybiscuits) A model for the 21st century newsroom pt2: Distributed Journalism…

Full Text: Keen vs. Weinberger – WSJ.com Here’s an interesting debate about Web 2.0. (tags: web2.0) Turn Gmail (or any E-mail Account) Into a Social Network Hub I’m increasingly hooked on Gmail and trying to figure out what else it…

David Lebovitz: 10 Insanely Delicious Things You Shouldn’t Miss in Paris For my Paris trip, which is coming up soon! (tags: Paris food)

DailyLit: Read books by email and RSS. Now THIS is brilliant. (tags: books RSS reading)

Into the Fold I am fascinated by origami–I mean, people who do it, not doing it myself. (tags: origami) The Ethiopia Campaign From my new friend Robert Poole, who went on the Carter trip in February. (tags: Ethiopia Carter malaria)

“E-Mail Reply to All: ‘Leave Me Alone’” By Mike Musgrove Last month, venture capitalist Fred Wilson drew a lot of attention on the Internet when he declared a 21st century kind of bankruptcy. In a posting on his blog about…