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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Conflicts

It's Tuesday. That means it's a bridge night. That means I'm not going to Columbia Law School for the free lecture by Oliver Sacks on how music affects the brain. Nor will I be going to the New School to hear finalists for the National Book Critics Circle award read from their work. On the other hand, there will be a total of 30 minutes of driving time for listening to my latest car book, Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson ( I'm nearly finished with her earlier novel, Housekeeping - also dazzlingly beautiful). I need to find a way to get my bridge fix without its taking up so much time.

posted by sixty-five at 4:45 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger Cate said...

Hm, that Oliver Sacks lecture sounds pretty interesting. But, then again, so is bridge, right?

6:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But the weather was so extreme last night. If it had been springy, I would have gone to NY to hear Oliver Sacks instead of playing bridge two blocks away in NJ, wouldn't I?

9:38 AM  

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