Month: June 2006

Let’s Rock

Hard RockThis morning, the Morning Show on KFOG interviewed a woman who runs a women’s band camp (unlike the band camp featured in American Pie), catering to women of all ages and backgrounds that want to start a rock band.

The question of band names came up, something unusual, catchy and band-like.

“Here’s one way; pick up any book at hand, go to page 62, third paragraph, third line, first two or three words, you”ve got your name.”

The book I”m reading just now is My Life in France by Julia Child. The name of the band:

JULIANNED CARROTS

Let’s hear your names.

The Power At Our Fingertips

Omnivores Dilemma

Omnivore’s Dilemma via Library Loan

Alison wanted to read Michael Pollan’s latest book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. When she went to the Belfast library, they didn’t have it, but they showed her how she could order it over the Internet via the state’s library network. That night she browsed through the entire card catalog of the Belfast Free Library, as well as libraries across the state until she found one that had it, and she was able to ask them to send it to Belfast for me to check out. When she was done, she told me: “I can see every book in every library in the state on my computer — that’s pretty amazing!” And now Alison has the book.