Topic: amazon

I just counted. I have 109 books checked out of the library. BEAT THAT. Here's just a sample: Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture :: Looks like a real pick-me-up. A School Like Mine :: Another "world view" book for the kids. Creative Costumes: Recycle materials to make cool stuff :: I've got to be thinking about what costumes I won't be making this year. It's...

This cracks me up. This is a passage (unfortunately without citation or evidence...what the hell??) from the book I'm reading VERY SLOWLY (a history of Ethiopia): The West explained Ethiopia's victory through sophistry. Since racism did not permit Westerners to acknowledge that black men could vanquish whites, Europeans suddenly discovered that Ethiopians were Caucasians darkened by...

On August 2nd I wrote about the surprising sales of Kindle. I didn't know there would be a Kindle in my future so quickly. Today, I found out that if I open a Amazon Chase credit card and purchase a Kindle with it, I can get $100 off! I did and a Kindle is on the way to my house. Yippee!!! Just this year I have spent more than $83 on shipping and handling. That's another bit I'll save for...

So maybe the initial impressions I've seen of the new Mark Stewart album EDIT (as in the two Amazon takes referred to) aren't of the "immediate all-time classic" that might have been expected, given the very impressive body of Stewart's work. (This is also his first solo album since the brilliant Control Data was released in 1996.) The song for the new video Loner doesn't immediately...

Reading through the commercials on the Olympics is working for me. Keeps me from snacking. Seed Sowing and Saving: Step-by-Step Techniques for Collecting and Growing More Than 100 Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever Fruit: Fresh and...