I wish we had a fireplace.
The family left this morning for Vermont and I am looking at several days of just myself for company (right, and the cats. Always the cats.). What sounds delicious to do is to curl up in front of a fire with one or several books and crossword puzzles, a cup [...]
Archive for December, 2008
seeking heat
Posted in Daily Scratch, tagged books, cats, fireplace on December 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Self-destructive tendencies
Posted in Daily Scratch on December 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I don’t understand how people can be so utterly stupid. Haven’t we been down this path before – with predictably zero success?
Israel is bombing the hell out of the Gaza Strip, in response to Hamas’ shooting missiles into Israeli cities along the Mediterranean Sea. 350 dead in Gaza so far, compared to the 3 dead [...]
“Why don’t you give me a papercut and rub lemon juice into it?”
Posted in Daily Scratch, tagged books, bookstores, reading on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
David Streitfeld feels guilty. He thinks he is personally responsible for the failure of bookstores in the U.S. because he buys books for pennies online.
But he also posits that this online bargain hunting is the cause of the decline of the publishing industry. Which is arrant nonsense.
Yes, of course bricks & mortar bookstores have overheads [...]
