I fear that I am falling behind on my duties in krl2pt0 land, just because of the lovely weather that we have been having as of late. Since I have decided that I will do all the computer work from my home instead of at work I find that it just doesn't get done in a timely manner! Not when there are pumpkin patches to visit, pies to bake, a very active dog who wants to go walking out in the beautiful fall weather....sitting inside during the last pretty days of the year just doesn't appeal as much as the colors outside. So I have some catching up to do.
The last book I read that I recommend that everyone read was :
Horseradish by Lemony Snicket.
short stories and funny sayings, it made me laugh out loud and even if you didn't like the series you might just enjoy this book.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
A Photo Blog
Theyler Wetlands. One of my favorite nature walks.
Scenic Beach view
A trail at scenic beach state park
a view from the paulsbo
boats in paulsbo
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a bridge somewhere up in the olympic rainforest
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Great News! They're Stealing Our Books!
Mon Oct 15, 10:44 AM ET
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The Frankfurt Book Fair has an indicator to help publishers gauge public interest in the new offerings presented at the annual exhibition -- the unofficial "most stolen book" index.
Bild am Sonntag and Germany's ZDF television have come up with lists of titles most stolen from 15 leading German publishers' stands set up in the Frankfurt trade fair grounds.
"The most-stolen books are usually the most-sold later on," Claudia Hanssen of the Goldmann Verlag publishing house told Bild am Sonntag newspaper, which published a list of the 10 most stolen German-language books this year.
"They're the popular ones and are most likely to end up on the best-seller lists," Hanssen added.
The German translation of Nobel Peace prizewinner Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," outlining the dangers of global warming, featured among the mainly German titles on the list.
More than 100,000 people attended the book fair, which ended Sunday. There were 7,448 exhibitions where publishers from 108 countries presented some 400,000 different books, videos and other products.
(I found this on yahoo news and thought it was a laugh, especially since I have found quite a few stolen books/items, some books with the pages quite literally torn from inside the cover)
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The Frankfurt Book Fair has an indicator to help publishers gauge public interest in the new offerings presented at the annual exhibition -- the unofficial "most stolen book" index.
Bild am Sonntag and Germany's ZDF television have come up with lists of titles most stolen from 15 leading German publishers' stands set up in the Frankfurt trade fair grounds.
"The most-stolen books are usually the most-sold later on," Claudia Hanssen of the Goldmann Verlag publishing house told Bild am Sonntag newspaper, which published a list of the 10 most stolen German-language books this year.
"They're the popular ones and are most likely to end up on the best-seller lists," Hanssen added.
The German translation of Nobel Peace prizewinner Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," outlining the dangers of global warming, featured among the mainly German titles on the list.
More than 100,000 people attended the book fair, which ended Sunday. There were 7,448 exhibitions where publishers from 108 countries presented some 400,000 different books, videos and other products.
(I found this on yahoo news and thought it was a laugh, especially since I have found quite a few stolen books/items, some books with the pages quite literally torn from inside the cover)
Thursday, October 11, 2007
43 things I might want to do this year
Well, I think of the 43 items on his list I might want to do about 10. It is an interesting idea though and I think I might start a list of my own! Any suggestions?
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