The Library: A Place to Rent Up Movies

Everybody knows the library is THE place to go for books. We’re a veritable IHOB (International House of Books). While many of us use the library primarily to access free print materials, there’s a large contingent of folks who like to, in the paraphrased words of Lisa Simpson, go down to the liberry* and rent … Continue reading →

Summer Second Half Blues

This past Tuesday, Major League Baseball held its 84th annual All-Star Game. In addition to marking the unofficial midpoint of the baseball season, for me, it has always marked the unofficial midpoint of summer. Many  moons ago, when I was but a wee lad in school, once the calendar reached the other side of the … Continue reading →

Take This Book and Shove It: Giving Up On a Book

As a general life rule, it’s good to finish what you start. However, when what’s being started is a book, sometimes, for a variety of reasons, we bail out before the end. Why, pray tell, do we give up on a book? The folks at Goodreads have compiled a snazzy infographic that provides an interesting … Continue reading →

Talkin’ TV

I recently went on a major Game of Thrones bender and tore through all three season of the show in a few marathon sessions. Before I began watching, a friend told me GoT (as the hip crowd refers to it) is better than Breaking Bad, which I thought was pure crazy talk. While I’m not … Continue reading →