Yearly Archives: 2010








The Wizard of Oz

If you should find yourself on Google today  you will see a lovely Google Doodle of “The Wizard of Oz” as they are rather oddly celebrating the 71st (why 71?) anniversary of the movie, which came out in 1939. It doesn’t seem that old, does it? And what a classic […]




August 9, 2010

If you are interested in numbers and sequences……do you realize that today (August 9, 2010) is 8.9.10???? (Of course this is only meaningful if you write your dates American style). Sorry everyone else – for you it is 9.8.10 (not quite so interesting!) This may not be so exciting as […]













Digital Fortress: A Thriller by Dan Brown

“A disturbing, cutting-edge techno-thriller that should galvanize everyone who send or receives e-mail or even dreams of navigating the web.” -John L. Nance, Author of Pandora’s Clock, Blackout “Digital Fortress is the best and most realistic techno-thriller to reach the market in years. Dan Brown’s ability to paint in living […]




FunDay Friday

Here is a little something different to send you towards the weekend. A poem for a hot, steamy summer day. Summer by Lee Bennett Hopkins Fairgrounds Ferris wheels cotton candy heat always — always– cool snow cone treats baseball games fireworks mosquito bites what surprises occur on long summer nights.