José Silva's Scrapbook

As I considered his lack of response, I’m afraid to say I felt the old crushing ennui descend, and, before I quite knew what I was about, I’d swung a hatchet at him. When no rejoinder from him was forthcoming, I did so again, until his neck cracked like that of an especially recalcitrant fox, and, not to put too fine a point on it, before time’s winged chariot had covered much more ground I found I’d managed to murder the fellow in what you might, were you of a judicial persuasion, describe as cold blood.

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—	Fans of Wodehouse who have read Ellis’s American Psycho, rejoice: P. G. Wodehouse’s rewrite of American Psycho. I could read the whole book like this. Pity it’s just an excerpt. (And no, it wasn’t rewritten by the actual P.G. Wodehouse, but it’s a well-done copy of his style.)

Sorry, I have a little trouble taking you seriously when you say things like “good old days” and measure inequality in nominal $ terms only.

Cheap laptop + free Kindle App + free Kindle books + WiFi from public library = a wealth of knowledge and entertainment. A free kindle library much larger than the average library of the wealthy of the gilded age — with search, annotations, and social media sharing.

Library computer + free educational content online = a wealth of free training and education. With plenty of forums to pose questions, free and open software to work with, and social media to get in touch with others who share interests.

Some time ago I read somewhere about how technology only benefited the rich. IDIOCY UNBOUNDED!

Oh, by the way, Oscar Wilde is free as well:

And it’s full of quotable goodness (from The Importance Of Being Earnest):

And, since it’s a digital file, I can make the type huge and use a presentation remote control to read it on my laptop screen while lying on the sofa: