I hate the Geico ads. Cavemen did not invent the wheel! And it seems highly unlikely that they could speak. The whole campaign is just ignorant and stupid. Blah.

Switching to Blogger bet may have been a mistake.

I saw Lactose Tolerance people picketing outside the David Letterman studio. I cannot for the life of me figure out what the hell their campaign is actually about. Or perhaps I can figure it out and I simply don't believe that's all there is to it.

I've been tagged for a meme! Blame Glaukopis

1. One book that changed your life:

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, as the first novel I ever read, and perhaps the source of my reading addiction. There may have been books with more impact on my outlook or philosophy, but I can't think of anything.



2. One book that you’ve read more than once:

Most of my romance novels; let's go with Beloved Scoundrel by Iris Johansen.



3. One book you’d want on a desert island:

The Tanach, as long as it's annotated. Actually, maybe even the Christian Bible. It's just so interesting.



4. One book that made you laugh:

When I was in Elementary School I loved Who Ran My Underwear Up the Flagpole, by Jerry Spinelli



5. One book that made you cry:

The Dog Who Spoke with Gods by Diane Jessup. You'll never think about animal testing in the same way.



6. One book that you wish had been written.

The Annals of Crete, chronicling all the years of Minoan society, which would have to be accompanied by a translation key for Linear A and B.

7. One book that you wish had never been written.

Go Down, Moses by Faulkner. Then I never would have had to read it.

8. One book you’re currently reading:

In Search of the Indo-Europeans by J.P. Mallory



9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:

The Stonehenge People by Aubrey Burl (and about a dozen others).

10. Now tag five people:

Tag yourself. If you do the meme, leave a note and I'll check it out.

So it occurs to me that the smart thing to do would be to not only insert various html thingies (sorry for my use of technobabble) but to type up the instructions for them in the entries, so that I can repeat the process without having to research for answers in Blogger Help. I am so smart, S-M-R-T.

I added a google search option. Don't know if I really want something like that on the other blog though. In the meantime, I'm reading a really interesting book, gifted to me by a good friend, called Spinning Straw into Gold by Joan Gould which is a fascinating study of women in fairy tales and the psychology behind them. If you're reading this, check it out.

In case you wandered over here from the other blog, this is just a blog for me to practice html things for application in the other blog, though maybe I might also have some posts about things that I don't really feel fit the tone of the original. So, today I'm going to post a picture. As it turns out uploading a photo takes a long time.