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I never do, and I never will. Actually, I completely ignore them. They just don't register as part of the screen I'm currently viewing. Too bad for Google.

Coming up with a conclusive answer is of course going to be difficult, but I think that it is better to err on the side that global warming is indeed happening. Polar ice melting seems to be happening at abnormal rates, and the 10 years with highest recorded average temperatures all happened...

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat. I just read it, and the subject matter is light and humorous, but the writing style has great quality. I'm brushing up on young people's literature to teach my ESL classes. I would recommend any Newbery Medal winner. One I read last week which...

Great. Thanks everyone. I haven't had a chance to get on here since I've been so busy lately.

"Dust of Snow" blows my mind. So much with a single sentence. Also, I'll never tire of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". I just love Frost's attitude, and his search for truth. So many of his poems just have wonderful little nuggets of truth and beauty. I don't know exactly. I'm a big fan.

I just started a new teaching job here in Korea, and I need some help. Previously I was teaching language at regular public middle schools and elementary schools, so everything was pretty basic. Now I'm at an elite middle school with a high percentage of students who are moderately fluent in...

Thanks. I am having a great day. Happen to be home in Canada for summer holidays with my wife and son, visiting my parents. Nice and quiet in small town Canada compared to big city Korea.

"The best" is of course hard to define, and Led Zeppelin, unfortunately, probably isn't it, but they are certainly mind blowing. I lean to classical music recently, but can't really tolerate much besides the written word, so my music listening time is scarce. I prefer the version of "Stairway...

That movie creeped me out, too. I watched it alone, which I regretted. Luckily it was evening, and I could expect my roommate home later, and my girlfriend to visit. If I had watched it late at night alone, I would have died, I'm sure.

"A nomadic myth told" is an anagram of my real name. I chose just "nomadic myth" for my username because it's shorter.

Actually, Dictionary of the Khazars is in my TBR pile, just a little ways down. I'll probably bump it up and read it soon. Although it may be "strange" compared to a "normal" book, that's okay. I really enjoy the mind, and different narrative style, or lack of narrative style, I'll soon see...

I think I decided on these books. They are all quite long, especially the "short" Oxford one, but they will do the trick. A History of Canadian Literature by W. H. New. The Short Oxford History of English Literature by Andrew Sanders. A History of American Literature by Richard J. Gray.

Shows what I know. Now he'll probably only have to buy two books in total.

I think you will have to buy his novels separately, and that you'll be able to find most of his good essays in a single volume.

Hmmmm.... Looks like it will be The Atlantic Monthly, by 3:1:1. I'm not going to subscribe until September, after summer holidays. If anyone here works for Harper's or The New Yorker they better get their votes in.

Yikes! I'll never be able to read all the books that keep piling up on my reading list!

This makes me feel good. I do love what I'm chasing. I think about literature and stuff when I shower, ride the bus, walk to the store, wash dishes, shave, eat dinner, mess up the bed, brush my teeth, well..., you get the picture.

Basically I want a job that corresponds to my hobby. Yeah, I have thought about this. Currently I work about five hours per day, five days a week. I have to be at work for longer than that, but I look at it as reading time. I'm a get things done and relax type of person. I'm not sure I would...

Can't help you there, but if you can inspire me to pick up and finish the copy of the Dictionary of the Khazars that I have sitting on my shelf, I'll give you a smilie. Right now when I look at the book all I get is a :confused:. You don't have to make me understand it, but rather just inspire...

Well, I don't trust Atwood. She seems to have some sort of hidden agenda. I thought this article was interesting. It talks about books that "define" Canadians. I guess critics would say most Canadian writing can be traced to the immigrant experience and yearning for a lost homeland, the...