Monday, January 26, 2009

READ



My mother will be so proud of me. On Sunday, Matt and I got library cards! Aside from seeing a gigantic penis entering a person's mouth on someone's computer screen, the library was pretty nice.

I already finished one book - Letter to my Daughter by Maya Angelou. It was okay, and a very fast read. Now I'm in the middle of The Man who Loved China by Simon Winchester. This book is pretty awesome so far. Of course I also enjoy China. There are some weird things about the writing - like repeated bits of information, but the content is fascinating. It is about a scientist named Joseph Needham who basically first showed that the Chinese invented nearly everything long before anyone else. I will review further when I finish.

Matt was reminiscing about Pizza Hut's old Book It! program that rewarded kids with pizza for reading books. He wishes they had such a program for adults, but frankly, I'm not even sure they do it for kids anymore.

(In case you're wondering, the security guard at the library told Matt there's nothing they can do about the porn watchers. Maybe they should just designate a porn-watching room?)

1 comment:

Karen said...

I was in fact wondering how porn can be seen on library computers. It seems they could easily block those sites, like parental control.