I heard today that author and screen writer Michael Crichton died Tuesday. I did like the movies based on his books (at least the ones I saw), but I really enjoyed the books. Especially the Jurassic Park books. His books kept me on the edge for the entire read. So much better than the movies. […]
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Not quite a list, because my interests are varied, but some of the things I like to do, all G-rated of course. (I have a daughter or two who may read this. Yes, they are all over 16, but they are still my little girls.) I like insignificant bits of trivial knowledge. The more trivial
While I’m on the subject of reading… I came across a cool looking device on amazon.com the other day – the Kindle. Have you heard of it? I hadn’t, but it sounds pretty cool. Basically you can upload books, magazines, and even blogs to this portable device so you can read them anywhere. It appealed
As I said last post, I started working again this past week. What I didn’t mention is my welcome back gift. In the past, I have received books at one of the district’s workshops. Well, this year I didn’t attend their workshop due to not planning on going back to subbing. I found out later
Every so often I write something to try to get some of the lurkers, who read my blog, to stop and say hi. This is another of those posts. I am a numbers person, so I am fascinated by the statistics that are generated for this blog. Some topics seem to bring more people. Books,
A friend at work loaned me a book that she thought I would like. The authors of the book were Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The story was one of a series and the title was “Brimstone”. A very good book revolving around a New Jersey Cop and an FBI agent. I’ve learned that this
I am a reader. I have been a reader since I was a child, especially of science fiction and fantasy. I remember back when I was around ten, reading a book series about an alien called a “Martinean” who everyone called Martin E. Ann, assuming that was his name. Except for the boy who knew
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I have a book for people with little or no background in Astronomy. It is called quite simply “The Stars — A New Way to See Them” by H. A. Rey. I learned my constellations by the having start charts with lines connecting the various stars in a group (constellations and asterisms) and except for
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Currently (as I write this), my top read posts contain two posts I wrote about books. If I look at the posts from the last 10 days, I find posts about books take 4 of the top 10 spots. I just found this fascinating. In fact one of my best few days in blogging (most
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Stole this one from Tanja’s site. It looked like fun. The Big Read, an initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, estimates that the average adult has read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. How about you? 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you
