tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post4165836275903119583..comments2024-03-23T08:42:52.963-05:00Comments on Wait! I Have a Blog?!: Snow DayKathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-32828442603422732122011-02-03T12:39:05.264-06:002011-02-03T12:39:05.264-06:00Love the coincidence of Shaara. Hubby liked Last ...Love the coincidence of Shaara. Hubby liked Last Call, and Collagemama has been reading it, too. <br /><br />Thanks for your sentiments on the Midwest and the Middle East, Bob. Did you read Vicki Barker's good BBC note over at Facebook?Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-37877775484798525302011-02-03T12:32:11.103-06:002011-02-03T12:32:11.103-06:00After spending 8 1/2 hours driving 10 miles to a p...After spending 8 1/2 hours driving 10 miles to a powerless home, and then enjoying a friend's fireplace and couch for several days (before the power was restored), I heartily endorse stocking up on the necessities of life: already ground coffee, milk, TP, and books. (Not necessarily in that order.)<br /><br />When I ventured out into our snowy world again, the first order of business was picking up Nicholas Johnson's "Boardwalk Empire" (the non-fiction basis for the HBO series), Daniel Okrent's "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition," and Terry Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight."<br /><br />That last was a present for my daughter, though she won't read it until she's finished reading Michael Shaara's "The Killer Angels." She has a genre project for school - a research project about the historicity of historical fiction. (Which, in a way, brings us back to "Boardwalk Empire" and "Last Call," the latter of which addresses some of the myths that have grown up about Prohibition.)<br /><br />But, having finished those books, it's now time to re-open a classic (Vintage) book from 1974: Fred Halliday's "Arabia Without Sultans: A Survey of Political Instability in the Arab World."<br /><br />May everybody in the Midwest enjoy a warming trend (and, may everybody in the Middle East enjoy a cooling off period).<br /><br />BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-89452184615696090692011-02-01T14:15:17.607-06:002011-02-01T14:15:17.607-06:00Stay warm--looks like quite a whopper of a storm. ...Stay warm--looks like quite a whopper of a storm. At least you'll have books and food! Yay for partners who think ahead. Hurrah for neighbors who help our parents!Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.com