I just finished up Ken Jenning’s book, Brainiac. I really enjoyed it. It was a good read and did not disappoint me. In fact, it made me appreciate trivia more than I have in the past. I used to think trivia, well, trivialized knowledge, but Ken’s book convinced me otherwise. There is a lot of…
I was all excited to watch the Yankees/Red Sox game tonight and it has been rained out! So there will be a double header tomorrow and on Sunday! So now what am I going to do? I think I’m going to watch Groundhog Day and then finish up reading Brainiac.
I receieved the October 2006 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in the mail today and while skimming through it, I came across a short review for a new book by Carl Sagan (who died nearly 10 years ago). Edited by his widow, Ann Druyan, the name of the book is The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A…
I am two-thirds of the way through Ken Jenning’s book, Brainiac and not only is it good, but it has changed my opinion of trivia, something which I will elaborate on more in a later post (once I’m done reading the book). One of the chapters is on fascinating magazine that’s been around since 2000…
Some miscellaneous items from today, before I head off to bed: I finally got around to looking through the Rome and Florance pictures from vickyandnorm‘s trip to Italy. Some of that art looked awfully familiar. I felt as though I was having flashbacks to 11th grade art history. “The Rape of the Sabine Women”…? And…
I didn’t nap during lunch today, as I usually do. I read Brainiac straight through and only stopped now because I need a few minutes to get up to my 1 PM meeting. I’ve thought about taking the book with me to the meeting as I will get much more out of the book than…
Ken Jennings‘ first book, Brainiac, was released today, and you can be sure that I was standing in front of my local Borders bookstore before the gates opened at 10 AM. (They actually didn’t open the gates until 10:05 AM.) They didn’t have the book. I couldn’t believe it! I was annoyed beyond description. They…
I think that I am going to give up on The Wanderer today. I’m not sure what I’ll read between now and tomorrow. Maybe it would be a good time to get caught up on some of my backlog of magazines. But tomorrow, when the bookstore opens, I’m heading in to buy Ken Jenning’s first…
It’s a pretty gloomy, almost fall-like morning today. I took today off because Mom is in town and we were going to head into Annapolois, but we are waiting to see what the weather is going to be like for the rest of the day. I’m about 1/4 way through Fritz Leiber’s The Wanderer and…
I just finished Rollback part 2 and once again have to wait another month for part 3. I am really enjoying the story so far, and beginning to make some guesses about some of the characters and where they are headed. In the meantime, I’m starting The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber…
Sometimes, I really look forward to lunch. Today, for example. In about 20 minutes, I’ll pull out the lunch that I packed (PB&J, a peach, some sliced turkey for later on today), take it into my office, close the door, crack open ANALOG, and begin reading part 2 of Rollback. I’ll eat/read for about 30…
I just finished reading Flowers for Algernon and what an ending! I mean, I knew how the book ended because I read it once in eight grade. But books didn’t affect me then the way they do now. On the train into work, I had to fight back some of the emotions. I don’t mind…