I came across this while websurfing and just had to post it. What a difference!! Click to see the picture: Flash Photo read more | digg story

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We had yet another successful book hunting trip while driving back and forth to Mom’s XXth School Reunion this last weekend. (If I give you the number, that gives you her age which then means I’m in the dog house for the next XX years… =) The ‘hunt for the wild book’ is one of [...]

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“U.S. paid $1 million to ship two 19-cent washers By Jim Wolf Fri Aug 17, 11:30 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department said on Thursday that a flawed system designed to rush supplies to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan let a small-parts supplier improperly collect $998,798.38 to ship two 19-cent washers. “ [...]

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With a book series like HARRY POTTER, I find I like to read it in hardcover first, then listen to the audiobook version afterwards. (Then, of course, see the movie…) Back when the HARRY POTTER series first came out, audiobook versions weren’t as prevalent, so I had to do it the ‘hard way’ starting with [...]

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One of my all-time favorite books is Frank Herbert’s DUNE. Today I finally got my hands on HUNTERS OF DUNE, the long-awaited ‘sequel’ to the original 6 DUNE books. I’d been reworking my way through the original series (DUNE, DUNE MESSIAH, CHILDREN OF DUNE, GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE, HERETICS OF DUNE and CHAPTERHOUSE DUNE) to [...]

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