Reading & writing

I read books. I also read comics. And sometimes magazines. (National Geographic is particularly good.)

Completed lately:

Homer: Odysseia (Odyssey, Ὀδύσσεια)

A classic of its time, and even today, Odyssey is a masterpiece of pulp fiction. The modern translation to Finnish by Saarikoski fits the genre perfectly.

Plum Sykes: Manhattanin blondit (Bergdorf Blondes)

Chick lit. Non-disturbing translation. Remarkable similarity to The Devil Wears Prada (movie, I haven't read that one).

Anssi Simojoki: Apocalypse Interpreted¹

Overall, good academic work, which also means it was quite boring. The subject is definitely not my area of expertise, but what was interesting was that there was no interpretation that said that the book of revelation could be thought of as an largish allegory of the state and decadence of any post-Christ civilization. Has anybody suggested such an interpretation outside the frame of this study (Finland, 1944-1995)? I'd like to know, don't ask ...

¹ As a doctoral dissertation, the title is of course mind-numbingly long, but I just couldn't put it all up there. Here it is: "Apocalypse interpreted the types of interpretation of the Book of Revelation in Finland 1944-1995, from the Second World War to the Post-Cold War World"

See also other books I have read.

I've found the Calvin and Hobbes comics to be extremely hilarious and at the same time deep enough to give some food for thought. Gary Larson's Farside is unequalled in its humour and ideas. Three web comics I read daily: User Friendly (weird nerd stuff), Sinfest and Questionable Content. Make of that whatever you want. Occasionally, I remember to check xkcd.

Currently I'm not writing anything worth mentioning.