http://sarack.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ a paradoxical life in words and pictures. en Vox Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:53:37 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/irrelevant-movie-reviews---no-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/irrelevant-movie-reviews---no-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/irrelevant-movie-reviews---no-1.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:53:37 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad69679dd0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad69679dd0005-50si" alt="The Golden Compass " /></a> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398c3cd97000300fae8c8d40a000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fae8c8d40a000b-50si" alt="The Last Temptation of Christ" /></a> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa9684e51d0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa9684e51d0003-50si" alt="Little Miss Sunshine" /></a> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad6975c320004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad6975c320004-50si" alt="Dan in Real Life" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Golden Compass. 2.5 out of 5 irrelevant stars. Let's say you really enjoyed a book. And they made a movie out of that book. And you really, really, really, wanted to enjoy that movie and support it because the book and the movie were conside... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/irrelevant-movie-reviews---no-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad6967ad90005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> movies irrelevant movie reviews http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/happy-independence-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/happy-independence-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/happy-independence-day.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:16:31 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad697588f0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad697588f0004-50si" alt="July 4th, 2007" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/happy-independence-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fae8c8d129000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics life http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/overheard.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/overheard.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/overheard.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:23:14 -0500 Woman on a cell phone across the street from my apartment, while walking her dog: It's like we moved to the Bronx and we live in the ghetto. It's ridiculous. Considering I live in The-Middle-of-Nowhere, Tennessee, I'm going to venture a guess th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/overheard.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa9684d4ba0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> quotes life http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2750-the-septembers-of-shiraz.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2750-the-septembers-of-shiraz.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2750-the-septembers-of-shiraz.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:14:25 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398c3cd97000300fae8c82cda000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fae8c82cda000b-50si" alt="The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Wow. This was an amazingly brilliant book. I read it in a day, and will be discussing it at my new book club that I've joined, but for now, a few thoughts. Dalia Sofer tells the story of an Iranian Jew in 1981, as the revolutionary guard has sei... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2750-the-septembers-of-shiraz.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa96839b2d0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books 50 books in 2008 http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/the-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/the-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/the-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:39:48 -0500 One of the dangers of working in a bookstore is that you buy too many books, and then before you even begin to read the ones you own, you buy more or check books out (we have a library system of sorts). As such, I have a decent sized stack of book... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/the-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fae8c79aa0000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lists books reading http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2650-are-you-there-vodka-its-me-chelsea.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2650-are-you-there-vodka-its-me-chelsea.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2650-are-you-there-vodka-its-me-chelsea.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:40:52 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad69619c20004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad69619c20004-50si" alt="Are You There, Vodka? It&#39;s Me, Chelsea" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As it turns out, with one day left in June, I am one book ahead of schedule. Yes, it was Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by comedian Chelsea Handler that has placed me over the halfway mark, with one half of the year now gone. Self-deprec... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2650-are-you-there-vodka-its-me-chelsea.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa9683aa2e0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books 50 books in 2008 http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2550-once-upon-a-time-in-the-north.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2550-once-upon-a-time-in-the-north.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2550-once-upon-a-time-in-the-north.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:26:21 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad6947a930004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad6947a930004-50si" alt="Once Upon a Time in the North" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I'm not going to lie. I read Once Upon a Time in the North partially because it was short. I wanted to make sure that as June ended I was halfway through my goal. This is the first time I've accomplished such a feet. But Philip Pullman's mini-bo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2550-once-upon-a-time-in-the-north.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa968306210002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books 50 books in 2008 http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2450-the-witch-of-blackbird-pond.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2450-the-witch-of-blackbird-pond.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2450-the-witch-of-blackbird-pond.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:18:12 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa9680a81a0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa9680a81a0003-50si" alt="The Witch of Blackbird Pond" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Witch of Blackbird Pond is the second Newberry winner on my reading list that I seemed to have missed during my childhood. I loved it. I was particularly pleased with the ending. Elizabeth George Speare wrote a terrific story that gave a glim... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2450-the-witch-of-blackbird-pond.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad69538150005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books 50 books in 2008 http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/americas-christian-traditions-a-rant.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/americas-christian-traditions-a-rant.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/americas-christian-traditions-a-rant.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:26:58 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa968231370002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fa968231370002-50si" alt="Another Shot of the Cross" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This blog is a direct response to Timothy's post about the ACLU and the case against school-sanctioned prayer at the U.S. Naval Academy. Disclaimer No. 1: This is not directed at Timothy himself. Though he and I disagree more than we agree, he h... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/americas-christian-traditions-a-rant.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fae8c6d0a1000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2350-curse-of-the-spellmans.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sara) http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2350-curse-of-the-spellmans.html?_c=feed-rss http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2350-curse-of-the-spellmans.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:12:57 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad6914b730005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad6914b730005-50si" alt="Curse of the Spellmans: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz was a "Buyer's Pick" at the bookstore where I work, which meant it was advertised in the store every hour on the hour for about a month. Because of this, a coworker read it, and then recommended it to me. "It's qu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/2350-curse-of-the-spellmans.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c3cd97000300fad69549070004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books 50 books in 2008