Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Neo-logism: Google-gänger
One of my favorite contemporary poets, Joanna Straughn over at Zeitgeistboheme, recently made me aware of her coined neo-logism "google-gänger."
Joanna points out: "I'm still trying to promote my coined neo-logism "google-ganger" for those twins that show up when your name is googled. Some people will have oodles others few or none."
I will shortly be reviewing Joanna's brilliant book of poems, Instinct.
What do you all think? Who is your google-gänger?
graph per J. Straughn
The Logic of Life
The Logic of Life by Tim Hartford tackles so-called illogical and irrational quotidian things. The main question he investigates in the book is: just how can one make sense of certain things in life?
Life, Hartford's book says, is not as insanity-filled as it might appear to be.
Life is, actually, quite logical if seen in the right context and with the right measure of lucidity.
Hartford's book is a beautifully presented picture of human life. Instead of numbers, data, and statistics, the verbally inclined economist makes his point by recounting human stories and experiences. For therein lies a fundamental understanding of our seemingly illogical existence.
An excellent read.
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