[Magdalen] What are we reading

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I just finished the perfectly delightful
_What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions_ --
by Randall Munroe

The guy gets some really amazing questions, and has the ability to find
answers.  Of course, the questions have to be related to the real universe,
which is a bit of a change ...

He has wonderful whimsical cartoon/line drawings that add to the delight.
Many of the footnotes are good for a chuckle, and some evoked a belly
laugh...

Read the review here
http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2014/09/07/book-review-what-serious-scientific-answers-absurd-hypothetical-questions-randall-munroe/VBiNvWJcWiIZKKQyoBDCVI/story.html

tinyurl:
http://tinyurl.com/lja8q9p

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Clarissa Canning <canplum at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am reading The Robe.
> On Mar 21, 2015 4:09 PM, "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am reading "Works of Love" by Soren Kierkegaard.  SK is a tough read,
> > best read slowly and inwardly digested.
> >
> > +++
> > Grace & peace,
> > Rev. Jon Egger, Deacon Emeritus
> > Old Trinity Parish, Independence, MO
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I had the Martian reserved at the library, but got impatient.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 1:48 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I didn’t know you were going to be there.
> > > >
> > > > I’m reading The Martian by Andrew Ware.
> > > >
> > > > -------------------------------------
> > > > Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
> > > >
> > > > Jim Handsfield
> > > > jhandsfield at att.net
> > > >
> > > > > On Mar 21, 2015, at 4:26 AM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <
> > > > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I am in Hotlanta visiting Sarah.  Her kids race today, so I write
> > this
> > > > from the bank of an extension of the Chattahoochie.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Judy Fleener, ObJN
> > > Western Michigan
> > >
> >
>