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This particular entry has been simmering on the back burner, so to speak, for several months now. It started when I picked up The Day I Shot Cupid at the library . . . or maybe I saw it at the bookstore first. Wherever I saw it first, I checked it out of the library, mainly because the title caught my attention. And as ( Read more... )

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I think I may have mentioned this joke once before: A library calls one of its patrons to inform him that he has a book that is quite overdue. When the patron asks how big the fine is, he is told, "We're naming the new wing after you."

I was reminded of this joke after seeing an item in this past Sunday's Courier- ( Read more... )

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Gabriele Veneziano's theory of quantum physics states that everything is connected. If you watch CSI: NY, you've probably heard Mac Taylor saying some variation this, usually with the addition of "we just have to figure out how ( Read more... )

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I suppose I should start by saying that I don't even know what started this particular train of thought. For some reason, though, this afternoon I started thinking about 2001. Maybe I should clarify things by saying that for some unknown reason, I started thinking about both 2001 the year and 2001: A Space Odyssey (the book ( Read more... )

[NOTE: The book listed as "Currently Reading" in the original Xanga post is THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO JOURNALING by Joan Neubauer. And you can easily replace "LiveJournal" for "Xanga" anywhere in the post (and vice versa) and it will make just as much sense. I decided that I didn't want to go through that much editing ( Read more... )