Eco-libris is a site where you can pay to have one tree planted for every book that you've read (or bought or whatever “balance” you want to create.) The cost is just under $1 per book – a small price to pay (er, not that I will be anytime soon but the concept has lots […]
To me a spoiler is revealing a secret or an unexpected twist. Some of these are not spoilers (“The Ducks win”? “Meg Ryan ends up with Tom Hanks”? No shit – haven't you ever seen a Hollywood movie before?). But the idea's still fun.
I once did a post on authors whose books I've read more than one of as a way to assess who my favourite authors are. After re-reading “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, I realised I could do something similar by listing the books that I've read more than once. This is an incomplete list, just […]
For the past couple weeks, I was planning to go to work as a hockey player for Halloween. Then, after I got home from hockey last night (two of our six goals thank-you very much. Of course the other team got 20 goals so not so impressive from a team point of view), I lay […]
Went over to the downtown mall for lunch today as I forgot my customary lunch o' leftovers. It was packed in the food court so I ended up sharing a table with a guy who turned out to be the guitarist from a band who were a bit of a one-hit wonder in the early […]
Try to guess a random book's Amazon star rating just by looking at its cover. (via MetaFilter)
A profile of the man who finds the inconsistencies that help The Daily Show have so much credibility in so many people's eyes, especially compared to the “what's new now, 24-hour non-stop sensationalism and controversy focus” of the mainstream media. He's not a librarian but he may as well be:“Chodikoff doesn’t use Google to turn […]
And you thought there were a lot of book challenges around the world already! Funny stuff…
I'm glad we did turkey yesterday as we were able to drive back into Regina today just in time to beat a big snowstorm that hit this afternoon.We took Pace out for a walk in the snow just now but he was *not* impressed – not sure if it's new winter boots (which he hated […]
“A girl I once caught reading Fahrenheit 451 over my shoulder on the subway confessed: “You know, I'm an English lit major, but I've never loved any books like the ones I loved when I was 12 years old.” I fell slightly in love with her when she said that. It was so frank and […]
