I found out that I get Veteran’s Day off this year and seeing as how that gives me a long weekend, I was considering my options. I logged onto Amtrak to check some schedule information, and when I logged into my Guest Rewards account, I found out that I have qualified for their Guest Rewards…
Ever since I subscribed to mental_floss magazine last month, I’ve been anxiously awaiting my first copy. But I haven’t received anything, even though my account status indicates that I should have. So this morning, I reported the problem and shortly thereafter, got a response from one of their people saying that the Nov-Dec 2006 issue…
It was one year ago today, October 25, 2005, that I first got my paid LiveJournal account. I’d had a free account for some time, but had never actually used it. I ended up getting the paid account for 2 reasons: (1) it was the first day of my vacation and I wanted to to…
I got home from work around 4:50 PM and sat down to read for a while. I quickly felt myself growing sleepy, so I decided to read in the bedroom. The last time I looked at the clock it read 5:50 PM. There was still daylight outside. And then I dozed off and woke up…
(That’s a pun on Monday night football, get it?) I received exactly 1 call while at work today. At home this evening, I received three. First there was the call from jen_ashlock who told me all about her trip to Hawaii. Next was a call from vickyandnorm who told me how they have become stalkers.…
I was up early this morning because I heard Zeke throwing up in the reading room. I immediately got anxious because of his past medical problems related to vomiting, but this time, things turned out to be okay. He didn’t throw up too much and it didn’t affect his breathing. In fact, he ate later…
I love it when I go into a book store looking for one thing and come out with someone else, even better than what I was looking for. That happened today. I ran over to Borders to pick up a copy of Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra, about which strausmouse made…
A British research site has made publically available the complete works of Charles Darwin. More than 50,000 searchable pages. It includes his books, as well as pocket journals, notes, and other writings.: http://darwin-online.org.uk/ The site was busy the first time I tried to connect so you may need to be patient.
I’m in one of those reading dry spells where no matter what book I pick up, I can’t seem to get interested in it. So this evening, I lazed around and finally put on the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers, which I have watched several times before. I watched the first two episodes tonight and…
At this point everyone knows about the plane crash in NYC and that Cory Lidle of the New York Yankees was killed in the crash. There is nothing I can add to this other than my sympathies to his family, friends, teammates, and my praise for the firefighters and police for a quick response. I…
I started reading Michael Shermer’s book, Why People Believe Weird Things [Amazon | Barnes & Noble] on the train into work this morning. The book itself is a trade paperback with a green cover. I was surprised at home many unusually cold stares I received while reading this morning. It seemed any time someone glanced…
I finished Andy Rooney’s Out of My Mind on the train into work this morning and it was terrific. On par with everything else I’ve read that he’s written. I wish there was a newspaper around here that carried his Sunday column, but I haven’t been able to find one. (The paper in Albany carries…