I finished reading The Global Power Elite and The World They Are Making by David Rothkopf. I will start writing a review soon. It was quite an interesting book. Personally, I am not that fond in some ways of people when they become excessive.
I haven't really started writing yet. I started reading Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow. It is really enjoyable. The free verse (epic poetry) isn't scary, but it is violent and intriguing. I especially like when the lycanthropes go after the dog catchers.
Today hasn't been too exciting. I had to do a library tour last night with the board of trustees. I took them into the bowels of the mezzanine where we store our old books and showed them our treasures. I also gave another lady a brief introduction to some parts of our collections. Things like the African Films collection, the 100 Greatest Films, the Atlas stand, the community file and small things which she might have missed as part of a general tour of the library. She had asked for our original charter. Apparently, it was signed by Melville Dewey.
I have two copies of Searcher, The Magazine for Database Professionals which I haven't read yet sitting on my desk. I might read them during lunch.
The movie Stardust just came in for me, so I will be able to watch the film and compare the book to the film. I am looking forward to seeing Stardust. I really hope the movie is as good as the film. Neil Gaiman is a magical writer, one of my favorites.
I decided to not read the Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho. I got his earlier, shorter work which he is better known for, The Alchemist.
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Thoughts for Today
I've been reading Superclass The Global Power Elite And The World They Are Making by David Rothkopf. It is about the elite of the elite, the 6000 or so most powerful, richest people on the planet earth.
Oddly enough, the author, David Rothkopf talks about chatting with Paulo Coelho at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Apparently, Paulo Coelho seems to have quite a bit of influence in world affairs. This strikes me as kind of odd. It is kind of like saying, Stephen King likes to visit with the United States Federal Reserve.
It made me want to get one of Paulo Coelho's books. After all, I am supposed to be tuned into what people are reading. I picked up The Witch of Portobello at my local library. It was translated from Brazilian Portuguese in 2007. I am hoping that it will be an interesting read. With the importance of biofuels and economic changes, Brazil is becoming much more significant culturally and politically in todays world.
I also paid my library fines for my local library. Yes, I actually do this. Sometimes, I return books late. Library fines go to your credit rating eventually if you don't pay them.
I spent about half an hour on the library computer as well. I know I have a computer at home, but library computers are different. They have a different IP address than my home address so the search results will be different from a public terminal than a home terminal. Google localizes its searches and often tailors searches to individuals, so does Yahoo.
I did a decent amount of walking today. I enjoy walking. I also got my haircut. I know this has nothing to do with books. I feel pretty good today. Better than most days.
I am going to do my laundry later. I will try to read in the laundromat. I know I keep on promising to do this. This time, I went shopping at the produce store and the Walgreens already so I won't be distracted by them.
Oddly enough, the author, David Rothkopf talks about chatting with Paulo Coelho at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Apparently, Paulo Coelho seems to have quite a bit of influence in world affairs. This strikes me as kind of odd. It is kind of like saying, Stephen King likes to visit with the United States Federal Reserve.
It made me want to get one of Paulo Coelho's books. After all, I am supposed to be tuned into what people are reading. I picked up The Witch of Portobello at my local library. It was translated from Brazilian Portuguese in 2007. I am hoping that it will be an interesting read. With the importance of biofuels and economic changes, Brazil is becoming much more significant culturally and politically in todays world.
I also paid my library fines for my local library. Yes, I actually do this. Sometimes, I return books late. Library fines go to your credit rating eventually if you don't pay them.
I spent about half an hour on the library computer as well. I know I have a computer at home, but library computers are different. They have a different IP address than my home address so the search results will be different from a public terminal than a home terminal. Google localizes its searches and often tailors searches to individuals, so does Yahoo.
I did a decent amount of walking today. I enjoy walking. I also got my haircut. I know this has nothing to do with books. I feel pretty good today. Better than most days.
I am going to do my laundry later. I will try to read in the laundromat. I know I keep on promising to do this. This time, I went shopping at the produce store and the Walgreens already so I won't be distracted by them.
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