Yesterday I sat at Barnes & Noble reading a book...can't remember what it was called, but it was about card counters from MIT who go to all these Vegas casinos and can basically predict the blackjack system using undercover teams. Intriguing. I read the first half yesterday, and I'm planning to read the second half this evening. It sure beats paying the stupid $15 to have it for good.

I don't know about you all, but I generally treat B&N like a library with a cafe: you go there, read their books, drink some outrageously expensive cappucino to support the establishment (and also because outrageously expensive cappucino is outrageously tasty), and leave. It's a great deal if you don't like paying insane prices for books you'll only read once, but you just have to be prepared to stick around a while to get some significant reading in. Also, if you're going to use this strategy, I'd recommend having someplace to write down what page or chapter you're on when you leave. Don't write it on the wall because they'll probably wash it off and you'll forget where you were (unless you use a Sharpie or something). Also, I wouldn't suggest dog-earing the book, either, because someone might buy that particular copy and then you'd be lost.

Quote of the Day: Little (7 year old) sister gravely asked, in the middle of a serious movie: "Did you all know that some people think Elvis was an alien?"