I really do not know what Del and I would do anymore if we were unable to find out most anything, even the most trivial things, or maybe especially the most trivial things, in only a few seconds. We can hardly watch tv or read without searching for something online. In fact, at home, we most often watch in our recliners with lap boards across our laps so the computers have a place to sit. Del is often working, but since I retired, I'm just at the ready for a search. Yesterday during breakfast, we read that Duke Snyder died, so I looked him up. That led to my commenting, just randomly, that I had always liked listening to PeeWee Reese and Dizzy Dean, which led to my looking them up. That led to my reading that PeeWee Reese, a Kentuckian, had been a strong supporter of Jackie Robinson, which led me to read all about them both. That led me to a book called TEAMMATES about the 2 men that is used to foster understanding of race relations among school students. It isn't on Kindle, but I plan to read it when we get home. Teachers might want to check it out, if you aren't already familiar with it. Yes, now that we are dependent upon online news, we treat our computers as though they were newspapers and read them at breakfast- added benefit - no ink smudges. At least we don't eat in shifts as we did on week days before we retired, so this is an improvement. And just as when I read the newspaper, I feel the need to read anything I find interesting to Del. After all, he might skip over something.
Watching shows or movies on tv almost always makes us go on a search for who some actor is. One of us will ask and the other will say that he/she was in that movie with so and so, so we look up so and so, figure out which movie it was and that leads us to the name we were looking for. I generally also say that it starts with __ or some other letter.
Such a long way from the World Book Encyclopedia. We got ours when I was in 4th grade, I think. I wish I could remember the name of the lady who came to the house to sell them. I do remember that they were quite a serious investment for our family. We bought them on the installment plan, and one volume arrived each month until we had the complete set. You could also buy an update each year, but I'm pretty sure we never did. I remember that the teacher I had that year used to always ask the people who owned encyclopedia to raise their hands. Seems a thoughtless thing to do. When David got into school, our resident librarian suggested we get a cheap used set so that if a teacher asked, he could raise his hand, and then we would take him to the library to use current information. I don't recall if it ever came up.
Del spoke to the local school librarians, today. I stayede home and made potato soup. During the coffee time afterward, the subject of my Kindle came up. I have used it in my English classes and Daiva brought it up. They have asked for a demonstration when he meets with the public librarians in late March. Since he has never had his hands on EHJ, he suggested that I should come to do the demonstration. Hey, I offered to buy him one for Christmas, but he declined. I did not offer to share mine with him!
Leslie Sansone and I spent some quality time together again today. I did the 2 mile walk, using 2 large cans of tomatoes as weights, again today, but plan to do 3 tomorrow. I really like her DVD.
It got up to 30 today, with a wind chill of 23, so it won't be long before we get out to walk and explore more. I love that the days are getting longer.
Sorry about the awful weather, Ohio people. How many days will you have to make up at the end of the year, teachers?
As you can see, nothing much happened in my world today, so you got to listen to me ramble on.
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