If I have learned anything from "Desparate Housewives" and Bill Clinton, it's that the key to a happy marriage is successfully keeping secrets.
Bibliophile Warning : red
So, during our class break tonight, I dropped by the school library, and they were selling books at only a dollar a pound. That's too good to pass up, I mean, what if there was a treasure map in one of the books. And really, isn't knowledge treasure ??
So I got books. Here's what I got, and the silly reason why:
"Eight Lectures on Mathematical Analysis" by A. Ya. Khinchin. Because I heart math. I know. I should do the homework, not just think about how cool math is.
A history of Geology (from 1952) and biography of Madame Curie by her daughter. Because I like the history of science, these books are both for laymen, and probably dated in their views.
"the Way Things Work" a classic for explaining, I got the 1967 version. I had no idea the series was this old. But if I ever need to know how the Hollerith Punched-Card System works.
"Pawn Power in Chess" I heart chess too.
"Civilization & its discontents" Sigmund Freud. I shall assume a classic. Also, it's short.
"Yanomamo: the Fierce People" Napoleon Chagnon. I friend took a course from him, and enjoyed it. A (short) anthropology classic, a look a tribe from the Amazon.
So a stack of books for cheap, that I probably won't ever get around to reading. But I intend to, someday.
But, you can't tell my better half, because I always mock her for bringing home a bag of books from library book sales, when she hasn't read half of the previous sale's purchases. (Except for the books she picks up for me, those are cool and much appreciated.)
Umm, if you don't want me to know, you probably shouldn't write it in your blog! ;-D
Posted by: Heather at May 24, 2005 08:26 AM