6 posts tagged “qotd”

Do you ever read the "Acknowledgments" at the beginning or end of a book? Why or why not? Bonus points: What book contains your favorite acknowledgments?
Submitted by Strive2Be.

Yes, pretty much every time.  I'm always interested to read the author in their own voice.  Curious about who they care about. 

I've been acknowledged in a book twice.  Once in the regular acknowledgments, once a textbook was dedicated to me.  I'm not telling.

Finish this sentence: "I am glad to say that I have never ___." 
Submitted by chl*.

been tattooed.  one of my students recently said that not having a tattoo is the new trendy thing since everyone has a tattoo.  who knew i could be so cool by not being very cool?

What shows are you looking forward to in the new fall TV season?

I don't watch tv.  A better question would be, What's in your netflix queue?

What game are you really good at?

I used to be really good at that carnival game where you use a water pistol and squirt it at a clown face while a balloon blows up on top of its head.  For some reason I used to win at that a lot when we would go to Busch Gardens. 

Where do you get recommendations for new books to read?

Anywhere I can.  Sometimes in bookstores.  Sometimes from reading magazines.  Sometimes for looking for other stuff while I'm at work. 

A couple of weeks ago, the mister sent me a news story about how Americans aren't reading anymore.  Maybe you saw it.  It made me remind myself that I read two books this summer and really liked both of them and that I read the New Yorker almost every week, pretty much cover to cover.  Made myself feel better.

And I've started another one this week, which is not this exact book pictured below but is actually a British version of the following book called, Social Theory, Social Policy, and Aging by Estes, Biggs, and Phillipson.  You get the idea.

Any reading suggestions for the fall?

Which saying do you believe to be true, but just can't seem to follow? 
Submitted by Maxvan.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent...Eleanor Roosevelt