Books

Rolling your own

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

A quick post to tide this blog over until I unpack from a long weekend jaunt…
Recently I went looking for a copy of a classic bit of literature which, while not terribly well known, surprised me at how unavailable it was. Only a few copies on Amazon or eBay, and at much higher prices […]

Emergency laugh generator

Friday, May 16th, 2008

I have a couple days off from work and since the weather is not cooperating, I’m getting started on painting my bedroom. This means moving bookcases and books around. I have a lot of books I don’t ever read and really don’t need, so I’m starting a donation box, which will probably sit […]

My parents, my shelf

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Picture books.

Limbo

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

A mini review and thoughts on Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams, by Alfred Lubrano.

Summer reading

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

I am not exactly a voracious book reader as a rule, but lately I’ve been doing a lot of it.