Books

Thursday 12 May 2005

  • Thursdays - I really love my Thursdays at the library. Not sure why... I think it's just the decompression of it all. Maybe it's the nice wall of glass here while my office at work is building-locked w/no windows... maybe it's just...

Tuesday 12 April 2005

  • So long... - Well, unfortunately, they've decided to pull the plug on Thackeray's Books a few weeks earlier than they had originally planned. Most of the employees will be moving over to the new Borders books at the mall, so they can't keep...

Friday 4 March 2005

  • Library - I like to go to the library on my lunch hours. It's a habit I picked up when I worked for GlassCity Internet downtown Toledo. 715 Jefferson was about 2 blocks from the main branch of the Toledo Lucas County...

Monday 21 February 2005

  • Don't Panic!! - To coincide with the upcoming release of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie in April, I'm re-reading the book. My all-time favorite book, mind you!! I think I've read it well over 20 times. The movie looks interesting, but...

Wednesday 2 February 2005

  • Run off by the Borders... - Well, I heard some rather depressing news last night. Thackeray's Books, a Toledo institution, is closing after 22 years of serving Toledo's readers. Toledo only really has one "mega" bookstore, with Barnes and Noble being right around the corner from...

Sunday 26 September 2004

  • Banned Books - Here's a good entry by Jon Williams on his blog, The Barbaric Yawp (yes, Mup...I meant to email you this guy's url after reading your DPS entry the other day...): Free People Read Freely I encourage and challenge you all...