21 October 2009

In the Dark About Daylight Saving Time

I humbly admit that I never knew the correct term was Daylight Saving Time. Until March of this year, I always called it Daylight Savings Time. I guess it's never too late to learn a thing or two. On the bright side, at least I never say expresso or Wal-marts.

08 October 2009

Onward and Upward With the Arts: The Translation Wars: newyorker.com

Here's a New Yorker article on Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, who have collaboratively translated several Russian classics (among other works). The Brothers Karamazov is my number one desert island book, so I found this pretty interesting.

Onward and Upward With the Arts: The Translation Wars: newyorker.com

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