Author (#1)June 2004 Archives

Good eating on road trips

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Books -- June 13

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Current: Monkeywrench by P.J. Tracy
Finished: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith, a Newberry Medal winner

A body to die for by Kate White

Dead aim by Iris Johansen

The midwife's apprentice by Karen Cushman. A Newberry Medal winner


Audio

Finished: Robert E. Lee by Roy Blunt

Pertinent Essays on the literary life by Joseph Epstein

Books to go

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A bookstore in N.J. can print a paperback version of your book in 17 minutes. Ten copies for $150. The book printer can also print up to 10,000 public-domain titles, according to article in NY Times.

Dogs understand what you say

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If they understand what we're saying, thank goodness they can't talk.

Reading glasses

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OK, I wear reading glasses, but it's nice to know that wearing them doesn't accelerate the eye's weakening, according to NY Times.

Blog-only diet over

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Steve Ruebel's week-long blog-only diet is over. Given a news quiz by Poynter's Steve Outing, Ruebel knew 12 of 20 news items that happened last week.

Ruebel found the best blogs for news was Blogdex, Memeorandum, Drudge Report and Instapundit.