That Library Thing

There's a fairly new, fairly cool site that some of you may already be aware of, but if you're a book lover who has a good size library and is as neurotic as myself and wants to catalog them then check outThe Library Thing.

It also let me put the library widget on the side panel here where my library is visible. Just remember anything borrowed must be returned.

Ring-a-ding-ding

In the old days race tracks were different. The tracks I went to then had a certain unsavory flavor, but like so much in this world, they have been sanitized. Ring-a-ding-ding is a long time gone.

The track I go to now is the new Arlington Park where big corporations entertain suburban families. Recently I attended the Arlington Million where under corporate sponsored tents I was given samples of Armani cologne, Redken shampoo and a magazine named Cargo, which was appropriate.

But later, up in the stands where we hadn't paid to sit but sat anyway, I got a little taste of the old days. An usher who was 70-plus was talking to a co-worker who looked to be fresh out of high school. The youngster was asking his elder if he'd caught sight of the B-grade starlet who was in attendance. The old timer grumbled, "I'll give ya two nipples for a dime."

Ring-a-ding-ding.