I was talking to Steve at work the other day and he mentioned a comedian who was waxing indignant about people who “brag” about reading. This comedian gets offended when people say “The book was better than the movie,” for instance. How can words on the page be better than…
I don’t know how my weekend is going to go, but for now it looks like I’m going to be pretty busy. Mom’s floor is getting replaced and we are going to do some shopping for more home improvement stuff for her house. Somewhere in there I hope to see…
Since I started blogging again, it has come to my attention that blogs are supposed to be about something. Rather than just rambling along about my (probably) boring life, I’m told I should pick something I’m interested in or have some expertise with and center my blog about that. With…
Listening to a podcast today (Popstuff from How Stuff Works) the podcaster referred to herself as “super-literate” because she owned 800 books. I thought it was funny and mentioned it to a coworker, who agreed with the podcaster. That surprised me. I have 200 books in this room alone, and…
I know it’s just the last couple of days of winter, but it’s too soon for the weather to be this beautiful, isn’t it? The day was so nice that I spent a couple of hours out on my hammock, finishing The Hunger Games. It’s not that I’m complaining, but…
Harley is better, which is a huge relief. He’s still not back to 100%, but he’s better. I was up for an hour in the middle of the night cleaning up after him last night, so I’ll be happy if I can just make it through the night tonight. I…
