Books, again?
Big disappointment. Really liked Dan Brown books until we got the latest "The Inferno". Didn't like the topic/setting. And 100 pages in and they are still in a foot chase in Florence and the professor has been yanked out of intensive care because of a severe blow to the head and amnesia!
Ouy vey.
And, yes, we stopped reading.
BUT:
Found these memorable and thought provoking.
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis."
"The decisions of our past are the architects of our present (future?)."
Musings from
The Queen
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DRIVING LAWS
The other day the Queen went for a drive.....
Now understand, Queen considers herself to be an excellent driver - always has liked fast cars.
And admits that one of her irritants is 'bad' drivers. Pay attention people!
Theoretically you have to know the laws and take a test to get a license to drive. (Not including those who are so bad at it that they can't get a license or have it taken away and drive anyway.....)
We can't speak for every state but have driven in many and universally the person/car on the main thoroughfare has the right of way. (interesting phrase "right of way"). Someone entering that -- thoroughfare is dang long -- road, either direction, must wait for a clear spot. (This distance is open to interpretation by drivers of fast/slow cars, etc.)
Anyway,
The car on the main road turning left off of that road onto a side road must wait for a clear opportunity from oncoming traffic (duh) but has the right of way over a driver that wants to turn left from the side road onto the main road. (Really hope I didn't loose you already.) This whole procedure works very smoothly if everyone does what their are supposed to!
So Queen is driving along and needs to turn left from a side road onto a main road -- having happily just purchased an iced Starbuck's. Miss bozo brain in the big SUV pulls into the left hand turn lane on the main road ------and STOPS. Cars are behind her. Queen is patiently waiting for her to wake up to the right of way thingy. Bb misses several good opportunities to turn. Then bb starts motioning to Queen to turn left in front of her! Are we confused, or what?
Finally it occurs to Queen that bb is just not going to get it and she does, in fact, turn left in front of bb and zips on her way.
People. The laws are not always just irritants. Sometime they are to make things easier.
I'm just saying.....
From Our World
PS: Another frequent occurrence -- 4 way stops.....Need I expand?
Now understand, Queen considers herself to be an excellent driver - always has liked fast cars.
And admits that one of her irritants is 'bad' drivers. Pay attention people!
Theoretically you have to know the laws and take a test to get a license to drive. (Not including those who are so bad at it that they can't get a license or have it taken away and drive anyway.....)
We can't speak for every state but have driven in many and universally the person/car on the main thoroughfare has the right of way. (interesting phrase "right of way"). Someone entering that -- thoroughfare is dang long -- road, either direction, must wait for a clear spot. (This distance is open to interpretation by drivers of fast/slow cars, etc.)
Anyway,
The car on the main road turning left off of that road onto a side road must wait for a clear opportunity from oncoming traffic (duh) but has the right of way over a driver that wants to turn left from the side road onto the main road. (Really hope I didn't loose you already.) This whole procedure works very smoothly if everyone does what their are supposed to!
So Queen is driving along and needs to turn left from a side road onto a main road -- having happily just purchased an iced Starbuck's. Miss bozo brain in the big SUV pulls into the left hand turn lane on the main road ------and STOPS. Cars are behind her. Queen is patiently waiting for her to wake up to the right of way thingy. Bb misses several good opportunities to turn. Then bb starts motioning to Queen to turn left in front of her! Are we confused, or what?
Finally it occurs to Queen that bb is just not going to get it and she does, in fact, turn left in front of bb and zips on her way.
People. The laws are not always just irritants. Sometime they are to make things easier.
I'm just saying.....
From Our World
PS: Another frequent occurrence -- 4 way stops.....Need I expand?
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MORE BOOKS
Queen has found another interesting book -- or series.
Have noticed all the rage about 'THE GIRL..." books: ...with the dragon tattoo; kicked the hornet's nest and whatever.
Accidentally without a book to read (!) we downloaded an e book from the free library site -- the first one in that series. Well, it is actually good. Had us reading allot to get done before the loan expired and it disappeared from our Kindle.
Warning to all of you sensitive types: it is a little graphic in places but the mystery and searching had us to the very end.
May have to get the actual book from the library.....
Read on, says
The Queen
Have noticed all the rage about 'THE GIRL..." books: ...with the dragon tattoo; kicked the hornet's nest and whatever.
Accidentally without a book to read (!) we downloaded an e book from the free library site -- the first one in that series. Well, it is actually good. Had us reading allot to get done before the loan expired and it disappeared from our Kindle.
Warning to all of you sensitive types: it is a little graphic in places but the mystery and searching had us to the very end.
May have to get the actual book from the library.....
Read on, says
The Queen
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The Queen
LOST & BOOKS
Continuing on the subject of not finishing books ------
If you keep up with this blog, you will also know that the Queen has some things that have gone 'missing', one of which has since been found. So when she spied a book in the library "The Book of Lost Things" by John Connolly it was quickly snatched up.
What a disappointment. Even with a cover touting 'best selling author'. poooh.
We kept waiting for this book to make any sense at all. And it was totally weird, as in fantasy, science fiction or some yet unnamed genre (we can wait). David, the main character, is 12 when his mother dies. (sounds like cancer) That would be the first 'lost thing'. But David was already exhibiting serious signs of strangeness with some ocd stuff going on. But he looses himself in books -- fairy tales being high on this list. Well, dad gets remarried. David faints and hits his head. oooops. things get weirder. In his new room there are lots and lots of books - most of them old, some first editions. And, wait for it, they talk! To David and to each other!
We struggled on, looking for something------
David, having not adjust well (duh) to dad's remarriage, wife and new brother, is sent to a child psychiatrist. But, of course, he doesn't tell the dr. about the talking books and the ivy that grows up to the third floor to his room and in thru the cracks...
This is about our stopping place. Now, if you should choose to find this book and read it to prove us right
or wrong, we would be mildly interested if this ever made sense and where oh where that title comes from.
To a positive note -- here are some of the books that we would recommend.
Probably our new most favorite book (between this and "The Count of Monte Cristo") is 'THE BOOK THIEF" by M.Zusak. Oh, my.
Any of John Dunning's mysteries like "The Bookman" etc. We have read 7.
A little strange but interesting is "Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore". Don't have the author at this writing, but how many can there be by that title?
Non-fiction and informative: "A Passion For Books......" edited by H. Rabenowitz & R. Kaplan
OK but way down the scale: "The Man Who Loved Books Too Much".
That ought to keep you busy for a while.
From the library in Our World
If you keep up with this blog, you will also know that the Queen has some things that have gone 'missing', one of which has since been found. So when she spied a book in the library "The Book of Lost Things" by John Connolly it was quickly snatched up.
What a disappointment. Even with a cover touting 'best selling author'. poooh.
We kept waiting for this book to make any sense at all. And it was totally weird, as in fantasy, science fiction or some yet unnamed genre (we can wait). David, the main character, is 12 when his mother dies. (sounds like cancer) That would be the first 'lost thing'. But David was already exhibiting serious signs of strangeness with some ocd stuff going on. But he looses himself in books -- fairy tales being high on this list. Well, dad gets remarried. David faints and hits his head. oooops. things get weirder. In his new room there are lots and lots of books - most of them old, some first editions. And, wait for it, they talk! To David and to each other!
We struggled on, looking for something------
David, having not adjust well (duh) to dad's remarriage, wife and new brother, is sent to a child psychiatrist. But, of course, he doesn't tell the dr. about the talking books and the ivy that grows up to the third floor to his room and in thru the cracks...
This is about our stopping place. Now, if you should choose to find this book and read it to prove us right
or wrong, we would be mildly interested if this ever made sense and where oh where that title comes from.
To a positive note -- here are some of the books that we would recommend.
Probably our new most favorite book (between this and "The Count of Monte Cristo") is 'THE BOOK THIEF" by M.Zusak. Oh, my.
Any of John Dunning's mysteries like "The Bookman" etc. We have read 7.
A little strange but interesting is "Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore". Don't have the author at this writing, but how many can there be by that title?
Non-fiction and informative: "A Passion For Books......" edited by H. Rabenowitz & R. Kaplan
OK but way down the scale: "The Man Who Loved Books Too Much".
That ought to keep you busy for a while.
From the library in Our World
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Here In My (Our) World -- this Queen loves, loves, loves books. Occasionally she has recommended reads. Well, we are going to share book opinions/ramblings etc. (yadayadayada's). She once held the belief that a book once started must be finished. That view has changed. Too many books, too little time.
But books with books in their title are an instant must read. We have found some really neat things this way.
One example is two books written by Nancy Pearl --"Book Lust" and "More Book Lust", neither of which could you read all the books she writes about. --well, know what we mean. But, hey, bored with your current selections? They may even have them at the library. We invested in both in paperback (you can mark them up that way, since they belong to you!). And in her second book, she sets forth some great stuff about 'finishing' a book once started.
Quoting at random: One of her strongest held beliefs is that no one should ever finish a book that they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is. So evolves her "Rule of Fifty".
If you are 50 years old or younger: give every book about 50 pages before you
commit yourself or give it up.
If you are over 50 (ahem): subtract your age from 100. This is the number of pages
you should read before deciding whether or not to quit. (and you need not tell anyone
this number!)
If you are 100 or over: You can judge a book by it's cover!
THIS IS SO FREEING!
So, coming next -- a book about a book that did not get finished!
From Our World
But books with books in their title are an instant must read. We have found some really neat things this way.
One example is two books written by Nancy Pearl --"Book Lust" and "More Book Lust", neither of which could you read all the books she writes about. --well, know what we mean. But, hey, bored with your current selections? They may even have them at the library. We invested in both in paperback (you can mark them up that way, since they belong to you!). And in her second book, she sets forth some great stuff about 'finishing' a book once started.
Quoting at random: One of her strongest held beliefs is that no one should ever finish a book that they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is. So evolves her "Rule of Fifty".
If you are 50 years old or younger: give every book about 50 pages before you
commit yourself or give it up.
If you are over 50 (ahem): subtract your age from 100. This is the number of pages
you should read before deciding whether or not to quit. (and you need not tell anyone
this number!)
If you are 100 or over: You can judge a book by it's cover!
THIS IS SO FREEING!
So, coming next -- a book about a book that did not get finished!
From Our World
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The Queen
TRUEISMS
"Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker." ---Charles Schultz
"Never thread a needle just after eating chocolate." --the Queen
"Whatever should take just a minute, will always take a day and a half." Queen Adviser
"Never depend on electronics to actually work when they should." Who Knows
"Things that should ripen, don't and things that shouldn't, do." ditto
Frustrations from My World
"Never thread a needle just after eating chocolate." --the Queen
"Whatever should take just a minute, will always take a day and a half." Queen Adviser
"Never depend on electronics to actually work when they should." Who Knows
"Things that should ripen, don't and things that shouldn't, do." ditto
Frustrations from My World
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SOME FOUND.....
Just to report on very positive things, too: Two of the lost are FOUND!
A very important thing and a small irritating thing.
My stack of VIP PAPERS! And they were in a very good place. I just forgot where that was! Looking for something else, found them! It's kinda like coming alive again. Births, marriages, etc. There they all were!
Need to put them someplace secure until the long-promised safe. (You know who you are.)
Second thing was my favorite nail file. No. Doesn't sound like a big thing and isn't. But it was irritating not to have it.
That's it from My World\
The Queen
A very important thing and a small irritating thing.
My stack of VIP PAPERS! And they were in a very good place. I just forgot where that was! Looking for something else, found them! It's kinda like coming alive again. Births, marriages, etc. There they all were!
Need to put them someplace secure until the long-promised safe. (You know who you are.)
Second thing was my favorite nail file. No. Doesn't sound like a big thing and isn't. But it was irritating not to have it.
That's it from My World\
The Queen
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The Queen
STUFF
Starting another week here in my world.
We have taken to doing alot of knitting - challenging to new and more important things. This leads to frustration as we make mistakes (!) and have to tink. (knit spelled backwards. Get it?) So we are about back to where we were a week ago......
Weather has been more livable here in our world. That helps get things done.
And this Queen loves football! And her team was on last night and WON! Just keep this going the rest of the season. The relocation of our world also necessitates rooting for The Bears! Well, ok.
There's a couple of you out there who have not communicated for a while. Whadup with that?
Starting the new week right
The Queen
We have taken to doing alot of knitting - challenging to new and more important things. This leads to frustration as we make mistakes (!) and have to tink. (knit spelled backwards. Get it?) So we are about back to where we were a week ago......
Weather has been more livable here in our world. That helps get things done.
And this Queen loves football! And her team was on last night and WON! Just keep this going the rest of the season. The relocation of our world also necessitates rooting for The Bears! Well, ok.
There's a couple of you out there who have not communicated for a while. Whadup with that?
Starting the new week right
The Queen
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