Next up: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A busy weekend prevented me from reading my weekly short story already, but I did draw a card from the deck, getting the five of hearts, which directs me to read Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I know I’ve read this before, but it may have been almost 20 years ago now. I’m looking forward to revisiting it in more depth now that I have a couple more decades of reading under my belt. Any Washington Irving fans out there?
Andy Rooney probably considers me the enemy
A co-worker pointed out to me that Andy Rooney’s bit at the end of 60 Minutes last night was about e-readers, and how he prefers books. (Everyone who’s surprised, please raise their hands. Anyone?!?) Anyway, here is a link to watch his piece. Nothing too surprising there for me. I agree and appreciate there is comfort in being surrounded by books in your office or workspace (I am too – at my home “office” anyway) but I love the accessibility AND the portability of lugging around the equivalent of a few crates of books with you at all times. I think he didn’t like that one of his older efforts was a free eBook now, too. Oh well, he gets paid to be a crotchety old man, doesn’t he? Anyone catch this last night? Or what do you think after watching the link to the video?
I started reading The Help
This is my book club’s book for March. It’s a bit longer so I thought I’d better get started. My first thoughts are that it’ll go fairly quick, BUT I hate (I absolutely HATE) reading books with non-standard English dialects spelled out (like saying “Law..” when the speaker means “Lord…” or “instead a” rather than “instead of.” I guess the dialogue wouldn’t read true otherwise, but it feels like I’m playing a musical instrument that’s been tuned wrong, and will have to make an adjustment back to “normal” English when I’m done. Maybe this is me being a literary snob. Does this bother anyone else?
-Jay
