The book buying begins…
When I was here a couple summers ago, I spent most of my free time at Barnes & Noble, either reading or buying books. Well, I went over there today to buy a copy of The World According to Garp and though I couldn’t find it, I managed to find some other books that needed buying. Here’s what I left with:
- J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye
- Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man
- Wendy Northcutt’s The Darwin Awards
- The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
- Stephen Viscusi’s On the Job: How to make it in the real world of work
- Gabriele Crepaldi’s The Impressionists
- and a copy of Car And Driver magazine
I also went to Target and bought a few things including two lamps for my end-tables. I’m afraid the lamps might be a little small, but I have receipts and time, so I’ll get it right eventually.
It’s a Wonderful Life
I am back to watching classics and I really enjoyed this one. I realized that I’ve never watched the entire thing before, mostly because I would gripe and complain any time it was on. Turns out it’s a really good movie that makes a good point in a clever way. Ironically, all I remembered about the movie was the sequence where Clarence, George’s guardian angel, takes George around town to show him what the world would be like if George had never been born. I didn’t realize that was only the last twenty minutes of the movie. It seems there’s also a pretty good hour and a half of movie before that. Who knew?