by scribe | May 15, 2019 | chess clubs, literature, off-topic, ruminations
Although I recently had a small reminder of the value of humility, today I’m going to soldier on in my immodest way and celebrate the first anniversary of one of the most exciting days of my life, the publication day of The Book of Why. Being a writer,...
by scribe | Apr 11, 2019 | literature, off-topic, ruminations
Coming to the U.K. on May 2! Last week I got a package in the mail from England: ten copies of the paperback edition of The Book of Why! The occasion brought to mind that goofy old Beatles song, Paperback Writer. In fact, I’ve been waiting quite a long time...
by scribe | Dec 21, 2018 | off-topic
This will be a short non-chess post, with some good news and some bad news. First, the bad news: A couple of my regular readers have e-mailed me within the past two weeks saying that when they googled my website, Google displayed it with a message saying, “This...
by scribe | Dec 7, 2018 | literature, off-topic
This morning, my co-author Judea Pearl sent me an e-mail: “Did you know about this?” Well, no, I didn’t. Here’s what “this” means: http://s3.amazonaws.com/scifri-segments/scifri201812076.mp3 Science Friday, probably the...
by scribe | Nov 8, 2018 | current news, literature, off-topic
If any of you have visited my book’s page on Amazon recently, you have seen a scary message like this one: “Available only through third-party vendors.” I don’t see that message today, but the page still does not say “In Stock,” nor...
by scribe | Aug 20, 2018 | literature, off-topic, ruminations
Why not start out the week with a book review? Okay, I admit it will take us off topic, but I really enjoyed Amor Towles’ novel A Gentleman in Moscow and would like to encourage other people to read it. I remember my Russian teacher in college expounding at...
