The Christian Science Monitor just published a list of 10 new recession slang words. One of these words is
Madoff’d, v. To get ripped off in a particularly offensive fashion. Sample sentence: “Oh man, that cab driver totally Madoff’d me. I gave him a $20 and he only gave me change for a $10.”
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This is the final post on what Nancy Pearl (Book Lust, More Book Lust, Book Crush) recommended last month at a library sponsored event on summer reading. I previously posted her suggestions for Airplane Reads, Mystery/Spy/Thrillers, and Book Club Reads. The following books fall into the Armchair Traveler genre. Pearl announced that she is working [...]
If you’ve never read Moby Dick, you might want to first start with Nathaniel Philbrick’s true account In the Heart of the Sea:The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. After all, the sinking of the Essex was the inspiration for Melville’s Moby Dick. Variety reports that both books are currently in development (Hollywood speak for coming [...]
Any book that takes the advice of a Lutheran pastor who thinks napping is a form of prayer is one that has my attention. Apparently, Publisher’s Weekly feels the same way I do by declaring Henry Alford’s “HOW TO LIVE: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While they are still on this earth)” one [...]
It’s day two of reading along with Matt Lauer. The Today Show and all of it’s viewers found Matt ‘outstanding in his field’ (ha ha) of Tulips early this morning. Lots of great reading suggestions for books set in and around this land of windmills, tulips, Gouda cheese and wooden shoes.
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