What Kind of Reader Are You?
Your Result: Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm

You're probably in the final stages of a Ph.D. or otherwise finding a way to make your living out of reading. You are one of the literati. Other people's grammatical mistakes make you insane.
Literate Good Citizen

Dedicated Reader

Book Snob

Fad Reader

Non-Reader

What Kind of ( Read more... )

For some odd reason, I've been thinking about the number of hardcover/non-cheap paperback books I currently own. I have three bookcases in my bedroom, 3 in the den, 1 in the kitchen, 1 in the spare bedroom and two in the computer room. If I were to roughly guess their distribution it would be:

Astronomy/Astrophysics/Digital Imaging: ~ 30%

Science ( Read more... )

Katrina +2

I've been watching some of the TV coverage, reading CNN (and other news feeds) and keeping up with postings to katrinacane. This is pretty unsettling and disturbing stuff - esp. with all the looting/unrest against the backdrop of flooding, death and destruction. But there has been also dramatic rescues and amazing tales of survival amidst the ( Read more... )