For the first post in this series, and a wee bit of background, check out this post. Why is Justin Bieber popular when he clearly sucks so very bad? (Trisha) For the same inexplicable reason that people care about Paris … Continue reading
Yesterday I invited you all to ask me anything. And geez, you guys got creative! You made me laugh, and you made me think. And you made me type. And type. I’m still typing, but in the meantime here are … Continue reading
I have spent the past couple of weeks at work glued to my computer, compiling and editing and re-editing and editing some more a report for the state (this is bureaucracy at its most ridiculous) on a topic that is … Continue reading
I kept telling myself I wasn’t going to do an end of 2010 wrap-up post. But as everyone else’s kept popping up in ye ole feedreader I thought, hmmm, maybe I should. Introspection can be kind of fun. So last … Continue reading
I love Barnes and Noble. I know, they’re a chain, but our local bookstore options are pretty limited. We have one minuscule indie that, I’m sorry to say, is a sad excuse for a bookstore, and another chain (more on … Continue reading
I am a whore for Starbucks. Specifically, the decaf skinny cinnamon dolce latte. It’s a definite mood improver. Luckily, the only Starbucks in Morro Bay is inside of a grocery store, and this total lack of coffee shop ambiance means … Continue reading
Hola, mes amis. I know, I’m mixing languages, but don’t worry…I speak neither Spanish nor French (and some days, sketchy English), so there will be no more Sprench sentences. And despite the title of this post, there will be no … Continue reading
I went on vacation for a week, and I seem to have come home and decided to go on vacation from the blog for another week. And now I have 12 books that I haven’t posted about. (Okay, one of … Continue reading
All of these mid-year statistic-y posts made me curious about my own reading numbers. So I did some advanced math (hey, if it involves counting in double digits, it’s advanced) and here’s what I’ve been up to this year: Total … Continue reading
Yesterday, Ti asked me what moving to self-hosting entailed. I answered her with a long, rambling email, which she then suggested I post. So apologies for the rambliness, but it was a very long, very involved (4-day) weekend. Also, keep … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
