Ooh, Scrappy, so did mine! At least the New Yorker cartoon collection; our parents had Peanuts covered. The grandparents also had the giant book of Life photographs, most of which are etched in my brain forever (everything from John-John saluting to the Japanese woman tenderly bathing her radiation-crippled daughter to Marilyn Monroe as Theda Bara).

Do y'all know a good site to introduce a movie-loving internet newb to? Because I know this guy who's sort of isolated, and even if we do meet for coffee, I don't want to be all his friends. (It's not healthy and I'm already feeling some outside pressure about it.)

Do y'all know a good site to introduce a movie-loving internet newb to?

Most movie blogs are kind of specialized (horror, Hong Kong action etc.)

So maybe something like AVClub? Their inventories and primers are good and interesting.

Yeah, I don't know him well enough to know if he has a movie genre *passion* or not, so that sounds like a good call, Hec.

I was frequently forbidden from bringing books to family gatherings. My mother (the extrovert) was under the impression that without a book i'd actually talk to all the relatives instead of sitting in the corner reading. Boy was she wrong, I just had to find less interesting things to read at the destination.

Erin, I just tried to like your post.

I am known in my family for my love of reading in the tub. When I was a kid, I'd refill at least once. Bubble bath + book = heaven.

I had to buy a few library books in school due to bathtub related incidents.

I read in the tub almost every evening. Heaven.

One of the saddest parts of not having a functional tub is not being able to read in it every night!