{"id":325,"date":"2003-12-16T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-16T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrisandjanet.net\/blog\/2003\/12\/16\/"},"modified":"2003-12-16T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-16T19:22:00","slug":"325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chrisandjanet.net\/blog\/2003\/12\/16\/325\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AsparagusI’m not sure what to even think about this yet, but it’s the first winner of the Asparagus Pee “Duh!” Award: According to New Scientist<\/a>, “Men lose the ability to think rationally when they see beautiful women, suggests new research.”<\/p>\n

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<\/a>\"Time<\/a>I’ve always been a guy who normally reads only nonfiction unless something remarkable comes along, but that seems to be changing lately simply because of a new service at our public library. <\/p>\n

They have this new online resource where you can reserve books and have them put on hold. Whereas before, you could place a hold on a book, you had to wait in line and pay a small fee, and it took forever, with this new system it automatically places you in a queue for the next shot at any available copy from any library in the Placer County system. It’s free, and they notify you when it comes in.<\/p>\n

So right now, I’m reading The Time Traveler’s Wife<\/i><\/a>, and before that, I just finished Steve Martin’s little book Shopgirl<\/i>, and you already know about Life of Pi<\/i> and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Even though I’ve managed to intersperse a couple of the science and self-help titles that are more typical for me, I’ve probably read more fiction the last two months than I’ve read in the last five years, and it hasn’t hurt a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m not sure what to even think about this yet, but it’s the first winner of the Asparagus Pee “Duh!” Award: According to New Scientist, “Men lose the ability to think rationally when they see beautiful women, suggests new research.” I’ve always been a guy who normally reads only nonfiction unless something remarkable comes along, … <\/p>\n

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