Comments on: Noon, Day One, 2006

By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Lauren Baratz-Logsted — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:13:54 +0000

Booksquare is an international treasure. May you always be you.

By: Lorra

Lorra — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:43:16 +0000

Thanks Booksquare for the good wishes re: new material. I’m glad you’re still you – was getting worried my invisible friend really was.

By: Booksquare

Booksquare — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 01:37:32 +0000

Nope, same me, though for the past week, David Thayer and Susan Gable have been filling in while I’ve been out of town. And they have very distinctive voices of their own. Also, they’re smarter.

David and Susan have an open invitation to post when the spirit moves them, so if the voice changes, do not adjust your RSS feed….

Congratulations on working on new material. I do think it affects how one reads/hears/experiences other things. And that’s a good feeling.

By: Lorra

Lorra — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:56:00 +0000

Booksquare –

First, I read your blog every day and usually enjoy a chuckle or two, but I sense your voice and possibly you are now someone different or is it me who has changed now that I’m working on new material?

Second, I understand your disappointment re: The Rose Parade, but if you lived in the upper midwest, you would dance and sing if it rained on January first. (Actually it is raining and I AM dancing and singing – well sort of – right now I’m typing, but a second ago I was singing.)

Happy New Year!
Lorra

By: Booksquare

Booksquare — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:50:50 +0000

A Treo? I think they are so adorable. However, given the number of phone calls I make/receive, the cost of the device strikes me as prohibitive. However, there are benefits. If I were the type to do analysis, well, I would. Maybe later this year. Apparently, before entering into a new cell plan, one is supposed to weigh the options. I’ve decided I’m not weighing anything until a little less me is available.

As for cost, this is today’s bugaboo. In fact, if I can get through a few things and stop crying over the Rose Parade (not the fact that it’s raining, but the fact that all those kids worked so hard to get here and it’s raining and they’re still marching like it doesn’t matter), then I’ll get to it. Otherwise, see previous failure of resolution…

By: SusanGable

SusanGable — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:51:08 +0000

I have joined the ranks of the techno geeks. (g) For Christmas, I got the COOLEST techie present – a cell phone that is also a palm-gadget. On this, I now have the opportunity to have MORE books at my fingertips. I’m starting slow, to see how I like it, with a free download of Swiss Family Robinson. So far, it’s not a bad experience. It’s not the same as holding a book in my hands, but the idea that I can put many books onto this one little thing, and have them with me all the time?

I LOVE that idea. LOL. More books, less space, always with me (well, when I remember to take my phone with me – I’m working on that) what’s not to love?

Okay, the screen doesn’t show much text at one time, so I have to press the next page button often.

The other thing I don’t love about these eBooks is the cost. Come on, folks. The publishers have been griping for years about the costs of ink and paper as their major expenses. So, when an eBook has none of those costs, why am I charged the same price (or damn near) for it as for the printed version?

Still, all in all, I’m starting to get “with” the revolution here. (g) (Some of us resist change strongly. LOL. Eventually we see the value in this new stuff.)