Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_37 Three readings tonight, for fans of mysteries, horror-themed science fiction, and, um, hearts. At noon, Lisa Lutz is doing a signing at Seattle Mystery Bookshop with her new book, Curse of the Spellmans. This is apparently a series about a family of private detectives. I know some people who really like this book, and they're people that I like and whose book tastes I generally trust. Go figure. At the University of Washington, Karen Matthews is reading from her book Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Psychobiological Origins of Cardiovascular Disease. In the calendar, I wrote that this... Copyright 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:56:03 -0800 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:14:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sister Y You are so right about cuss-filled public health announcements. There is a huge pedagogical value to swearing - especially if it's extremely rare (once a semester, maybe twice is a good rule of thumb) and used to highlight something extremely important. It could be a good way to signal how important a public health threat is - f-bombs for smoking and obesity, for example, "darn" for not eating enough veggies, and no swear at all when they talk about how one study of ten subjects might possibly suggest that doing crossword puzzles could prevent autism in some people.

]]> Sister Y http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_37#c987071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_37#c987071 Books Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:06:24 -0800 Comment by Kat

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_37#c987137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_37#c987137 Books Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:39:07 -0800 Comment by Greg Now I remember Jim Butcher. I saw the cover for one of the other books in the series, and it had 「マトリクス」 written backwards on it. That was when I decided I was done with Jim Butcher.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_37#c988632 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_37#c988632 Books Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:14:46 -0800