Posted in Quotes, tagged Books, Hoarding, Jorge Luis Borges, Quotes, Sleep on August 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »
| I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books. | |
| — Jorge Luis Borges | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2017 | Rogers’ Rules (Hexadecimal) |
| 2016 | But, It’s Such A Simple Mistake |
| 2015 | Crawl Towards The Light |
| 2014 | Sweet Songs |
| 2013 | The Wife Of An Ordinary Man |
| 2012 | Three Words |
| 2011 | Know Anyone Like This? |
| 2010 | Apoplexy?? |
| When Breaking Up Is Hard To Do… | |
| Sibling Awareness | |
Posted in Humor, tagged Book Hoarding, Books, Humor, On Book Collecting, Tsundoku Sensei on August 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »
| Tsundoku Sensei – (Japanese) a master at collecting unread books; someone who buys books and piles them on shelves, tables, and on the floor. | |
| [I have two rooms with a full wall (each) filled with books – maybe – 1 / 10th of them read. In fairness, when we moved from the US to England back in the ’90’s, I got rid of more than six boxes of books I’d read and never went back to. (That’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it.) If only my days were more and the hours longer… — KMAB] | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2017 | Try It, You’ll Like It |
| 2016 | Echo Chamber? |
| 2015 | Embrace The World Like A Lover |
| 2014 | Democratic Beliefs (for the next President) |
| 2013 | And Go Now! |
| 2012 | A World Safe For Diversity |
| 2011 | What If I Don’t Want To? |
| 2009 | Restful Sunday and a Movie About Boy’s Dolls (Action Figures) |
Posted in Quotes, Writing, tagged Books, Ideas, Michael Cunningham, Paper, Quotes, Writing on June 17, 2018| 2 Comments »
| One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper. | |
| –– Michael Cunningham | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2017 | Just Doin’ It |
| 2016 | Definitely Not Bell Shaped |
| 2015 | Dreadful Pity |
| 2014 | Worse Than Useless |
| 2013 | Personal Prisons |
| 2012 | So, Not Yet Then |
| 2011 | Real Love |
Posted in Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Edward P. Morgan, Quotes, Reading, Thoughts on June 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
| A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it. | |
| – Edward P. Morgan | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2017 | Representative Government For The 99% |
| 2016 | Trying To Ignite Ice |
| 2015 | Or Increasingly Unwilling To Pay For… |
| 2014 | Returning Time |
| 2013 | Gentle Invitation |
| 2012 | Pleading The Insanity Defense |
| 2011 | Graduations And Conservatives |
| The Big Sin | |
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Science and Learning, tagged Books, Learning, Madeleine L'Engle, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading on May 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
| A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. | |
| — Madeleine L’Engle | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2017 | Fear Instead Of Convictions |
| 2016 | Memorial Day – 2016 |
| 2015 | A Handful Of Reviews |
| And You Can Quote Me | |
| 2014 | Get Wisdom |
| 2013 | Enjoying The View? |
| 2012 | Adam’s Rib |
| 2011 | I’m Sure I Remember That… |
| Memorial Day, 2011 | |
Posted in Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Eating, Food, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reading on March 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »
| I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. | |
| ― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2017 | Creating Reality |
| 2016 | Come, Read To Me Some Poem |
| 2015 | Exceeding Service |
| 2014 | Still Learning |
| Hospitality | |
| 2013 | Execution Not Intensity |
| 2012 | Charles Carroll Of Carrollton (The Only Catholic Founder) |
| 2011 | Life Works |
| Pay Like Hell | |
| Prosperity Finds Its Way Up | |
