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YOUR EYES WILL BE GLUED TO THE PAGE . . . AND LOVE IT., Dec 31 2002

I had heard many great things about this book so I decided to hunt it down and read it. I started reading this book the day I got it and once I started I was hooked. The pages fly by so fast! One second it seemed that I was on page 37 and the next thing I know I'm on page 172. There's only a hundred pages or so left, may as well finish it.

So what was it that made this book so addicting? The story is simple enough: A retarded boy named Charlie Gordon wants to learn to "reed" and "rite". But no matter how hard he studies, he doesn't seem to get anywhere, but the scientists are surprised at Charlie's eagerness to learn.

There is a mouse named Algernon and the scientists have done… Read more

DEEP AND MOVING, Dec 29 2002

When I read "Inferno" I read the John Ciardi translation, so it only made sense that I read "Purgatorio" by the same translator. As I like poetry I definitely like the fact that his translations rhyme even if several liberties have to be taken with the original text. Sometimes, though, it seems as if the translator is more concerned about rhyming than getting the point across. However, as Ciardi points out, Dante is very deep and challenging. Translating is difficult. Translating the "Divine Comedy" and making it rhyme while still making sense is harder still but Ciardi does an admirable job. There are quite a few tercets that are absolutely wonderful to… Read more

XP IS BETTER THAN ME, Dec 25 2002

XP loads up much faster. It (so far) appears to be more stable. At least I can run multiple programs without having to worry about the computer crashing or a blue screen of death. I don't like the new START menu, though. All Windows ME owners should upgrade.