GRRM, a producer on the “Game of Thrones” TV show provides a great visual example of why books are almost always so much better than TV/movies. This is a comparison of the artist’s rendering of his vision of The Iron Throne and what they eventually got… [Edit: I’m an idiot – GRRM is an acronym […]
“Lifetime of Reading Slows Cognitive Decline” “Habitual participation in cognitively stimulating pursuits over a lifetime might substantially increase the efficiency of some cognitive systems,” writes a research team led by neuropsychologist Robert Wilson of Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center. This efficiency apparently counteracts the often-devastating effects of nervous system diseases. Wilson and his colleagues describe a study […]
Google Poetics Book spine poetry (Google Images) Invented Poetry Forms
A female author, tired of being asked to “put a guy cover on her books so the guys can read it” asks her Twitter followers to “flip” the gender of the authors of a variety of popular works with the resulting changes to the covers of their books providing all kinds of hilarious results (The […]
The police often get the short end of the stick in terms of public perception but stories like this one show there are definitely good cops out there. In my line of work, it’s not often that you can arrest somebody on multiple occasions and end up being friends with them. On the flip side […]
I’ve made a few passing references to my semester exchange to England in 1995 on this blog but I don’t know if I’ve ever told the story in a bit greater detail. I will do that someday for sure as that four month period remains (and *please* don’t tell Shea I said this!) ;-), the […]
50 Reasons You Should Be a Bookworm 8 Reasons You Should Sign Up For GoodReads In Re Books Wrap-up: A Presentation by Jessamyn West of librarian.net 14 Ways Public Libraries Are Good for the Country [Edit: found a few more links…] MetaFilter: The Holy Grail of Publishing Metrics – how e-book readers “read” their owners for […]
A new vlogger combines a couple of my favourite things – books and booze – in her Literarily Drunk reviews.
Spending time with my family – I think Pace was starting to suspect daddy had gotten married to his computer since I was spending more time with it than him and mommy the past few months! 😉 Finishing getting ready for the addition to our family – apparently we’re having a baby in two months […]
During past Freedom to Read weeks, I’ve noticed that everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue. (That’s probably a good thing that we should keep in mind year-round anyhow.) For example, we’re only halfway through the week and I’ve had three distinct experiences that weren’t official FTRW events but which brought forward […]
