Tired
To be sung to the tune of Oh My Darling Clementine
Changed a tire
Changed a tire
Changed a tire Tuesday night
Thought I might have pulled a muscle
Please don't fret, dear, I'm all right
Succinct Notes
I have changed the layout of the four earliest entries of the Cuparium's archives to improve readability. If you wish to view them in their original format, you may access the relevant parallel universe from the link on the page in question.
Site-Seeing
Let's take a break from this topic, shall we?
From the Bookshelf
Yesterday whilst I was making a purchase at the bookshop where I work, a co-worker expressed curiosity about one of the books I was buying. She was not curious about the reprints of Ian Fleming's novels, From Russia with Love or Diamonds Are Forever or the 2000 edition of The VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (which was on sale) or the April issue of Military History (featuring an article about Fort Meigs in the War of 1812) or the June issue of Military Heritage (with an article about the threat posed by the Cimbri and Teutones to the Roman Empire). She wanted to know why I was buying Snail City, a Level 1 (Preschool-Grade 1) book in the All Aboard Reading series published in 2001 by Grosset & Dunlap.
"Snail City," I answered, "is about a snail named Gail who is ostracized by her peers because she is fast, which is an inappropriate trait in a society of snails. But she is celebrated as a heroine when she saves the life of a baby snail due to her quick thinking and fast response to danger. And she rides a skateboard."
A customer who overheard this found it amusing.
"To be honest," I said, "what really sold me on this book was this illustration. A snail with a pacifier! How could I not buy it?"
Snail City was written by Jane O'Connor and illustrated by Rick Brown. The ISBN of the softcover edition is 0-448-42418-5 and there is another edition listed with the ISBN 0-448-42471-1.
I shall be placing this book in the Staff Recommends section as soon as more copies arrive.
At the Cinema
I saw The Hours a few weeks ago . . . twice. Once was enough (it's depressing), but Nicole Kidman was superb and I couldn't resist seeing her as Virginia Woolf one more time. Julianne Moore gave an excellent performance, too.
On the Telly
I have added Crossing Jordan to my weekly ritual of television viewing. It stars Jill Hennessy (whom I liked in the original Law & Order) as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh and Miguel Ferrer as Deputy/Chief Medical Examiner Garret Macy, M.D. It's good to see both of them in a series. I hope it lasts.
Quotations, Possibly?
"I think I pulled a muscle."
--Cuparius
I'll keep posting if you keep reading. Be seeing you... :-?
