I've drifted away from reading. Haven't read a book cover to cover in probably years. I'm more into pipe smoking and pondering and a little yardwork from time to time. Reading is mostly a sedentary activity. You're not circulating the blood. Helps your mind but maybe not your health. If anything I'm a skimmer and a scanner. I like the field guides and a few reference works. Worked in a public library for a few years back in the day. Books more important than food for some folk. One guy checking out the latest spy novels said he doesn't care if Village Hall burns down but not the library. Consider the tons of books in the library that just sit on the shelves gathering dust and never get read. Do most authors need another source of income to get by? Ever read a toothpaste tube?
Read a toothpaste tube? Sure - back when I worked in cosmetics chemistry, we made toothpaste. Ipana, not sure if that is still around
ReplyDelete(hint- only toothpaste with isopropyl alcohol). With Christmas coming up, catalogues fill our mail box. Got one from a pipe company and found a good deal if you like to give yourself a present:
https://www.pipesandcigars.com/category/pipes.html
There is a Briar Trio, three very good pipes @ $26 a piece.
I passed, have 12 in racks in rotation.
Including your half-bent Rhodesian.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing more women than men read books these days. Mrs. always has an armful from the library, reads after supper for hours.
ReplyDeleteNovels. I have about 1200 lining my den. Heavy on history, a lot of bios, science books etc. I read a bit before bed, current book on Alaska from relatives up there. Will take me 3-4 weeks. Don't know the annual income of authors, but I see Elon Musk's was $56 Billion this year. But stockholders sued and he is fighting for his moolah
in court. We should have such problems.
Few years back was big on e-books. I'd read them on my old Samsung tablet. Any subject that struck my fancy. Drifted away from that. Now it's pipe smoking and movies.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get the animal to pose. I'm good but I'm not that good. Was fixing an old bookshelf in the hall one day and put the books there temporarily in a couple of piles on top of an old stereo cabinet. Glad I got that pic.
ReplyDeleteThat's what cats do. Shelving intrigues them. Bet you didn't even have to soak the books in Fancy Feast Special Tuna Extract. Looks like you forgot to say "Smile!".
DeleteWatched a bit of 'Teahouse of the August Moon' with Brando.
DeleteWife doesn't care for Brando, says he schlumps around and mumbles. She married me anyway.
Listed as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. Quote from Jack Nicholson before Brando passed: "When Brando dies we all move up one." Some people ain't impressed. I always liked Steve McQueen but he never emoted much. Subjective.
DeleteYou have had a number of different jobs. Any thoughts on the pros and cons of being a chef?
ReplyDeleteA lot like politics. Every chef thinks they're correct. Some don't take correction very well. I'm here to learn.
DeleteSome over he road truckers like their work. No one to argue with.
ReplyDeleteCEO pay isn't bad. Used car salesmen are shifty. Cat burglers seldom get away with a cat. All have their ups and downs.
Is that Gus or Sparky on the bookshelf?
ReplyDeleteSparky passed recently because of old age. That would be Buddy.
ReplyDeleteYou got an alphabetized list of the names of all the Feral Community over the years?
ReplyDeleteNo but my late Dad used to name them. "Joe's coming."
ReplyDeleteHow about RFK Jr. for that cat with the sun tan and preference for week old dead rat?
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one.
ReplyDeleteHe's big on raw milk. What's the deal with that squirt the udder in your mouth? Dunno.
seems to work for calves, buffalo, deer or musk ox.
DeleteApparenlty may contian bird flu. But they ain't birds
BB - amateur naturalist.
I'll stick with homogenized pasteurized.
DeleteWord on the street some new viruses coming down the pike on Jan. 21st or is that just a conspiracy theory?
DeleteSome new virus popping up in the Congo, over 100 dead. Flu
Deletelike symptoms. For now it is called Virus X. WHO has a team there (or no - who's on first?) Trump send RFK, I'll send Abbot and Costello. Congo ain't no tourist trap.
After a 400 mile hike through the rain forest, the WHO people think it is just malaria, which is common there, and seems to attack young people. I declare Yonkers safe. One the other hand, I keep seeing reports of large dronss hovering. Way out west we don't have those problems. Yikes, a coyote stole my bird feeder.
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