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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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12 August 2001 - 8:16 pm
You know the part of The Accidental Tourist (by Anne Tyler) where Macon explains his theory on books and airplanes? The part where he advocates bringing a large book with you so that your fellow passengers will not attempt to converse with you? Macon's book was called Mrs. MacIntosh and it was over 1000 pages and devoid of any plot, yet engaging no matter where you started reading. Well I have my own Mrs. MacIntosh. I've recently taken to carrying around my copy (Barnes & Noble 1997 edition, first published in 1978) of The Tower of London. It's an anecdotal history, so you can plunge in just about anywhere and have a pleasant half-hour's read. Mrs. MacIntosh was substantial in order to dissuade fellow passengers from conversing with Macon, and this is where The Tower of London fails. It is only around 300 pages. Nevertheless, I highly recommend it.
Posted by on 12 August 2001 at 8:16 PM
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