Me after spending the morning reading the NYT’s hot takes on A.I. Against my usual practice, I’ve actually been reading the Times lately. That stops right now. (Actual image source.)

Finished writing: Paradise Lost: A Biography by Alan Jacobs. Joseph Addison said, “We have an actual interest in everyΒ­thing [Adam & Eve] do, and no less than our utmost happiness is concerned and lies at stake in all their beΒ­havΒ­ior.” Virginia Woolf said, “Has anyΒ­ great poem ever let in so Β­little light upon one’s own joys and sorrows?” Thus my book. πŸ“š

Finished reading: Buckley by Sam Tanenhaus. First thoughts here. πŸ“š