bat mitvah money gift
Someone above mentioned that it should be in multiples of 18, because it represents chai. I think that $36 checks are quite common.
You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Aug 22, 2007 4:53:46 am PDT #6050 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Gudanov - Aug 22, 2007 4:57:04 am PDT #6051 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
According to the article 27% of Americans did not read a book in the last year. That means 73% did, which is kinda better than I would expect. There are some interesting stats about who reads what in the article too. I dunno if audio books would count, my count of books read would go up a bit if I counted stuff I listen to while commuting.
lisah - Aug 22, 2007 5:05:46 am PDT #6052 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Because she reads her emails aloud! Stop it!
okay, I'm sorry that you suffer for this but, I have to say, other people's annoying co-workers are FUNN-EEE.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 22, 2007 5:07:54 am PDT #6053 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
According to the article 27% of Americans did not read a book in the last year. That means 73% did, which is kinda better than I would expect. There are some interesting stats about who reads what in the article too. I dunno if audio books would count, my count of books read would go up a bit if I counted stuff I listen to while commuting.
If I could count the scads of fanfiction I read, my count would go WAY up. Sometimes I even print it to read on a commute (by bus, not car)
Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2007 5:16:12 am PDT #6054 of 10001
brillig
If I could count the scads of fanfiction I read, my count would go WAY up.
Wrod, I slurp down thousands of words a week in fic.
Wolfram - Aug 22, 2007 5:17:26 am PDT #6055 of 10001
Visilurking
Someone above mentioned that it should be in multiples of 18, because it represents chai. I think that $36 checks are quite common.
Yes. Even $18 checks are pretty common for some folks. It depends on the swankiness of the affair.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 22, 2007 5:17:51 am PDT #6056 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Bwah. This is true of me as well. I've read a few books this year, but if you factor in McShep fanfic the word count has to be in the low seven digits!
Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2007 5:19:49 am PDT #6057 of 10001
brillig
if you factor in McShep fanfic the word count has to be in the low seven digits!
That's the stuff I'm currently mainlining! God bless del.icio.us.
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2007 5:21:53 am PDT #6058 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks! Uh, sort of drug-addled yesterday. Not a good way to live, and I'm taking it too for granted. I am disturbed.
Jesse - Aug 22, 2007 5:22:05 am PDT #6059 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When the Gallup poll asked in 2005 how many books people had at least started -- a similar but not directly comparable question -- the typical answer was five. That was down from 10 in 1999, but close to the 1990 response of six.
I'm pretty sure I just saw a thing that circulation at the Queens Public Library shows that it's something like 9 books per person per year -- and you know not everyone goes to the library! So that was heartening.