There were mad flurries of emails this afternoon as we were all scrambling to get our assignments for this week all done. I don’t think any of us know what’s going on exactly, since some of our instructors are a little vague at best.
In other news, there has been a recent rash of monkey violence.
Most recently, a monkey killed it’s owner
, but to be fair, the owner was a douche. And earlier, a monkey planned ahead and stored rocks to chuck at people – this is sort of flying in the face of the belief that only humans were capable of planning ahead and thinking.. abstractly or something?
Anyhow, it’s interesting at least. Maybe living with humans has taught some of them to think differently? I guess they don’t have to think about survival so much if they’re in captivity, so their brains can focus on other things. I’m going to start looking suspiciously at my fish, now. Not J, though, he’s too good 
Just re-watching a Mad Men episode – I find the mentality of people in the 60s kind of interesting – after a picnic, they just pick up their blanket, flick everything off, and wander away – no thought for the enviroment or littering or anything like that. How things change! Reminds me of the garbage pile that my grandpa would set on fire. Ha.
I’ll be writing another post in here sooner or later – I’ve been off for a week (Reading week, not working week) and have been ignoring this.
This past weekend I was reading an article in the Globe and Mail’s Book section called Googleopoly, and how Google is trying to digitize every book that has ever been printed in an attempt to, hopefully, spread literacy and make books accessible to all people who can browse online. Continue Reading »
This is probably going to be a little bit of a work in progress for anyone who reads this. Which is to say it’ll most likely get edited between when I initially post it and when I actually finish it.
The Struggles and Challenges Faced by Bookstores in a Changing Neighbourhood
By Rowan DeHaan
Like any good neighbourhood, the Danforth is in a continual state of change. When the Prince Edward Bridge was proposed, it was initially rejected. Now it is a unifying feature of that connects the Danforth to the core of the city. Continue Reading »
Kicking around on Poe News again and finding that Monday is a very slow day for odd news.
The most interesting thing that’s popped up at me is that an alligator was found on a dead man’s property. The good news is that the alligator wasn’t responsible for the man’s death – he had cut himself with with a chainsaw and bled to death. Can be found here.
I’m still bummed that Book Expo is cancelled – I was really looking forward to doing that again this year, even if I had to pay my own way. So sad.
Oh, but in bookish news, Shock Troops won the Charles Taylor prize… I think I wanted Sugar to win, not that I’ve actually read any of them, I don’t think, but I’ve had more interesting discussions with customers about Sugar than about the others – it probably sold the best at our store, at least. The problem with being in school is that it cuts down on the time I have to actually read. I’m still working on the Road to Reality, by Roger Penrose, and The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolano… still in the works, I haven’t done any serious reading since early January. Boo.
I love Poe-news.com
Michael Phelps is in trouble again, naughty boy. I have a rant about him in my lj, but here is his latest boo-boo.
