Joshua Bell wrote:
>
> * Saw Lord of the Rings 3 times since my wife is a little obsessed. She
> reread the books twice between the 1st and 3rd seeings, just to get psyched
> up. She's threatening me with seeing it a 4th time, but I think she's just
> got a thing for Elijah Wood.
And what's wrong with having a thing for Elijah Wood? :) (Not that I
have one, but I wouldn't mind seeing more of Orlando Bloom....)
> * Read "From One to Zero", a history of counting and numbers. Very
> insightful. Probably the neatest take away is realizing that our spoken
> numbers and our written numbers are from entirely different roots and how
> very ancient our spoken version is.
Who's the author? How big a book is it? Is this something that can be
read in snatches? If so, sounds like something I'd really like right
about now....
Julia
