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Oct
08
Book Report for September 2024
Letter No. 99: You may detect a self-conscious, apologetic tone.
1 min read
Oct
03
More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor
Letter No. 98: Includes a few hard-to-spell place names, Vikings, and quite a lot about house paint.
5 min read
Sep
19
The exuberant chromatic paint jobs of Reykjavík
Letter No. 97: Once again, the author indulges his besottedness with color, this time after walking through Iceland with a perpetual grin on his mug.
4 min read
Sep
04
Book report for August 2024
Letter No. 96: Includes Arctic lit and disrespect for a canonical American author.
1 min read
Aug
27
You may experience a brief service interruption
Letter No. 95: Explaining an upcoming period of radio silence while Dr Essai sojourns in Greenland.
2 min read
Aug
23
Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative
Letter No. 94: Includes color theory, an unfounded claim about evolution, and a Scottish word for ass
8 min read
Aug
14
Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all
Letter No. 93: It’s all snow geese, top to bottom.
3 min read
Aug
03
Book report for July 2024
Letter No. 92: Includes social history, travelogue, a rewrite of Twain, and one more indication of Dr Essai’s favorite spirit, as if that were needed.
1 min read
Jul
30
Know thyself through thine own spambio
Letter No. 91: Includes an unsparing portrait of Dr Essai, plus toenail fungus, friendly Russian girls, and the search for fuller, thicker hair.
3 min read
Jul
23
Well, of course, the shooter was a loner
Letter No. 90: Includes an insufferable play date, a vulgar t-shirt, much griping, and one equation.
7 min read