Wednesday February 16, 2005 Next Gen x64 Servers
Galaxy, Sun's next generation Opteron-based x64 server initiative, was mentioned in a recent InfoWorld article. I cannot wait until we go to market with these servers. They are going to be hot!
( Feb 16 2005, 01:31:15 PM PST )
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris (2004)
* 1/2 (out of 5)
Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day established David Sedaris as a highly successful essayist, both works entrenching themselves on the New York Times bestseller list for years. Sedaris is looking to follow up with this success with his latest offering, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. As with the two previous works, Dress Your Family is a set of comic essays about Sedaris and his dysfunctional family.
Many critics have lauded Dress Your Family as Sedaris' best, earning him consideration as a memoirist of substantial merit. After reading the book, I am unable to share in this opinion. The essays are certainly not uplifting or inspiring. This, in and of itself, is not a serious indictment as inspiration is not Sedaris' intent. Unfortunately, the essays, IMHO, are also neither insightful nor humorous on the whole. I found the essays - with the notable exception of 'Baby Genius' - to be pathetic and depressing. I even found a few - e.g. 'Full House' - disgusting.
Sedaris has a definite gift with prose. His narrative style is extremely smooth and natural - 'comfortable' might be an appropriate characterization. This aside, I found Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim to be largely without merit.
NOTE: If you believe that any of Sedaris' previous works are significantly better than Dress Your Family, please let me know.
( Feb 16 2005, 04:14:16 AM PST )
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