Here’s the Library Journal’s Most Borrowed list: Fiction top five: The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-50420-9. $24.95. 3rd Degree. James Patterson & Andrew Gross. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-60357-0. $26.95. The Amateur Marriage. Anne Tyler. Knopf. ISBN 1-4000-4207-0. $24.95. The Big Bad Wolf. James Patterson. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-60290-6. $27.95. Nighttime Is My …
Once again, the Bush Administration is pandering to its conservative base in an election year by attempting to destroy the UN Population Fund. Not content with withholding funding as it has the past two years, now it’s attempting to isolate the organization by telling other UN funds like UNICEF that the United States may not …
Happiness is your guys beating the Yankees in the rubber match of a three-game series, thus taking two of three from the ancient rival. I was too young to remember the World Series disappointments of the early 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers, but not too young to relish the 1963 sweep of the Yanks, nor to snarl …
In a fit of annoyance with finger oil on this monitor, I just used some Windex on it. It’s amazing how much everyone’s spelling and grammar has improved.
There are potential spoilers ahead, so avert your eyes if you haven’t yet seen the movie. I just saw Prisoner of Azkaban, and I have to say I was a little disappointed. I understand the difficulties of cutting a book that size down to a two-hour film, but there sure was a lot left out. …
Despite all evidence to the contrary, Bush Insists Al Qaida-Saddam Ties Existed. I have some gratuitous advice for you, President Bush. I doubt you’ll listen, but really, I have your best interests in mind. If you hope to be re-elected:
Harry Potter fans, listen up: among other interesting items, this article tells us that JK Rowling finally has a website. We hear the phrase “Potemkin village” thrown about a lot. Here’s the derivation: “A Potemkin village is so called after Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, who had elaborate fake villages built in order to impress Catherine the …
If these were my results, I’d be damned embarrassed. Banned biological and chemical weapons: none yet found. Percentage of Iraqis who view American-led forces as liberators: 2, according to a poll commissioned last month by the Coalition Provisional Authority. Number of possible Al Qaeda associates known to have been in Iraq in recent years: one, …
I’m late to the party, but in case you haven’t run across this in your blog ramblings, Six Apart has updated its pricing structure after much study of all the feedback it received the first time it announced it. There are now no limits on the number of weblogs you can create with a paid …
So you think you’re literate, huh? Go take this LOTR pastiche recognition quiz and find humility.