Carpe Libra

Here's a look at what people in 1958 thought life would be like now. (Amazingly, they got some of it right!)

A favorite website of mine is Library Thing. You can upload all the titles of the books you own – see other people who own the same books as you do, and spend a lot of time finding book recommendations. Recently they did a profile on Thomas Jefferson and entered in every title from his [...]

I watched Titanic last night for the first time since I saw it in the theater in 1997. Here are some scattered thoughts I had.

This was a very ponderous movie. The plot with Jack and Rose could have been entertaining, but it dragged. The story of the ship was the real story, but even that went [...]

Here's an amusing post about depressing nursery rhymes.

David Copperfield is growing on me. I just had to get into the groove. Dickens has hit his stride in describing David's crush on Dora. 
Until the day arrived on which I was to entertain my newly-found old friends, I lived principally on Dora and coffee. 
Now that's classic writing. I lived principally on Dora and coffee. [...]

Here's a trivia question for you.
It took the inventor nearly 20 years to get a company to produce and distribute this product … chances are you have one.  What is it?
I'll put the answer in the comments in a few days.

After posting yesterday of my struggles with David Copperfield, I got down to work last night and was determined to make it through 30 pages. I don't know if it was the weather or just that I was in the right mood, but I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the passage Dickens wrote describing [...]

I have been reading David Copperfield for close to ten months now. I have carried it: 
-to the dentist's office
-while babysitting some kids
-to the hair salon
-in my car for about two months
-upstairs
-downstairs
-back upstairs
-to my in-law's house -to the Wheel of Fortune tryouts

I just could not and cannot get into it at all. I don't [...]

Here's a very funny post on reading fairy tales.

Want to get your kids interested in books? Take them here (although I have no idea where "here" is).