Is rambling tidbits an oxymoron? We’ve had the weirdest weather this week…from 100 plus degree heat for four days straight, to rain, to some pretty impressive sounding thunder last night (but no rain). And the power went out this morning, … Continue reading
I used to be a lot more fun. I wrote silly songs. Billy popped in occasionally. I wrote rants about monsters. Heck, I even channeled monsters. Where did that blogger go?!? Actually, I think she’s still around, I just need … Continue reading
Happy Sunday everyone! On Friday I invited questions on all of the books I have yet to write posts about. I got some great questions and I’m slowly working on writing the posts (I wrote one very short one (I … Continue reading
When you read that title, make sure you have the Black Sheep song and the image of the Kia hamsters running through your mind, ’cause it’s certainly running on a continuous loop in mine. In fact, we’ve watched the commercial … Continue reading
This is going to be a long post today. I’m sorry, but I’ve got a variety of things to chat about. ******************** We Have a Winner First of all, I need to announce the winner of This Book Is Overdue. … Continue reading
We were supposed to have a rainy day. So far, all it’s done is spit a little bit. However, I haven’t let that stop me from holing up inside with some books! We’re currently waiting for the pizza to be … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day! If that’s your thing. If not, well, happy Sunday! Today is the day Hamburger and I choose to celebrate our anniversary, because we’re both lame and have no idea when our actual anniversary is. We’ve been together … Continue reading
Some random thoughts… *The Superbowl needs to kick it up a notch. Including the commercials. *I never liked The Who. I like them even less now. *Today, I had planned to write up my Neil Gaiman notes from the talk … Continue reading
Happy Sunday everybody! It’s hard to believe it’s the last day of January. I swear Christmas was just yesterday. Although for a month that flew by, I did seem to read an awful lot of books. 18 of ‘em! And … Continue reading
I woke up this morning to an email from Barnes and Nobles stating “Your order is all packed and ready to ship. The details of your order are below.” And okay, I get this email a lot. But this time … 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
