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I took my last Accounting quiz on Saturday. The final exam isn’t until next Saturday, so it felt like I had an almost free weekend. I started it rearranging my library, and filling those new bookshelves. I won’t be “done” until I finish importing… Continue Reading “A Productive Weekend”
I have made two big purchases in the last month and this is the first: I have been looking for these all my life. Or at least since I determined that I required my own library. I found them at Crate & Freakin’ Barrel,… Continue Reading “Bookcases”
A Blog of Note led me to an article in the Economist about the Kindle. Part of it talks about how Kindle is not to books what iPod was to CDs. But here is what I really liked: “So far, says Mr Kessel, this… Continue Reading “Even More about the Kindle”
In my stash of fabulous Christmas loot was one of those Page a Day calendars from a colleague. It is for “Book Lovers” and each day has a suggested read. They are all relatively recent publications and cross genres very nicely. I have been… Continue Reading “Page a Day for Book Lovers”
About five minutes after I posted that I had no use for electronic books, it was Christmas morning and my brother gifted me with a Kindle. I took it with me to San Antonio and here are some early thoughts: First. $9.99 is more… Continue Reading “Kindle”
There is no good way to get this picture, all jammed in with my pretend desk, but that bookcase is my “to be read” pile. I also have two more books to read on the Kindle. I took the picture because Library Thing once… Continue Reading “I Wasn’t Kidding”
This was my third year doing the 50 Book Challenge. A community on Live Journal is dedicated to reading at least 50 books each year. In 2006, I just made it. In 2007, I read 72 books. In 2008, I have just finished 50.… Continue Reading “50 Book Challenge”
Could I have a more pretentious title for a post? “Ask Umbra”, which seems to be a MSN column on all things green, did a piece on paper vs. digital books. Which is greener? The answer seems to be that if you keep your… Continue Reading “The Carbon Footprint of Digital Books”
Barnes and Noble sent me some member coupons via e-mail. One was 50% off the list price of a bestseller, so I went to the web site to look at the bestsellers. Team of Rivals, the fabulous history that Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote about… Continue Reading “Barnes and Noble Bestsellers”
There is a …I’ll go ahead and call him Senior…Asian gentleman that I have seen at the Library a couple of times in the last month or so. He reminded me of the grandfather of my childhood friend Augie. I had never heard him… Continue Reading “Check Your Assumptions at the Door”
The Next Dark Age 