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Monthly Archive for October, 2006

A Visit to St. Ives

As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives Seven wives with seven sacks Seven sacks with seven cats Seven cats with seven kits Kits, cats, sacks, wives How many were going to St Ives? English schools run to a very civilized calendar. The school year starts in September, takes […]

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There’s a new version of BeanBooks up on Spill The Beans.  This release allows you to indicate books that you would like and books that you already own.  You can also access other users’ wish lists and place a hold on a book to indicate that you intend to buy it for the user.  To […]

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Armistice Day

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In […]

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BeanBooks’ Debut

BeanBooks is a book recommendation system for family and friends.  Anyone can register and recommend books.   As I write this, it is in an early stage of development.  Right now you can: Recomend books; Edit the entries for the books you have recommended; Browse through the recommended books; Filter/sort your selection on books in various […]

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Varvsgatan

My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky. It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street. For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door, […]

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