TOP TEN CHRISTMAS TIPS FROM GENERAL ELECTRIC
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10. If one light bulb goes out, replace them all
9. Fluorescent tubes make great Star Wars light sabers for
the kids.
8. Blow-dryers can be used to keep food warm.
7. Big corporations shouldn’t commercialize this blessed
season by handing out bonuses.
6. Keeping several TVs and radios on all the time creates a
feeling of warmth and intimacy.
5. We heard that Sylvania bulbs give off some kind of poison gas.
4. Same deal with Westinghouse
3. Electric toothbrushes should be left on all day to keep them loose.
2. A GE industrial turbine makes a one-of-a-kind stocking stuffer.
1. Warranties, like greeting cards, should be thrown out.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
BOOKS AS GIFTS
Merry Christmas, bookies!
It's a busy season at the Acorn Bookshop, with moments of everyone being busy with customers and a half hour later the place is empty and we could frisbee without human consequence.
We're up over last year a bit, but then again, because of the Walgreen's construction, we had little parking, so that bar isn't really very high.
For the 6th consecutive year in December, I'm reading one of my favorite books, "Winter Solstice" by Rosamunde Pilcher. The book takes place in a small Scottish village where characters and events come to a wonderful convergence during the Christmas season, with a stunning resolution on Christmas Eve. It’s about how life is full of losses but also rewards and the treasures of friendships, love, and family—in all, a warm way to wrap up and think about the end of the year and Christmas.
And thinking of the year-end and Christmas, I thought you might enjoy these thoughts on books as gifts. Merry Christmas and have a great reading new year.
Bookstore George
BOOKS AS GIFTS
"People seldom read a book which is given to them." -- Samuel Johnson
"Who gives a good book gives more than cloth, paper and ink...more than leather, parchment and words. He reveals a foreword of his thoughts, a dedication of his friendship, a page of his presence, a chapter of himself, and an index of his love." -- William A. Ward
"The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry;
The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all." --Carolyn Wells
"For every toy you buy a child, and a book." -- Susan Cooper
It's a busy season at the Acorn Bookshop, with moments of everyone being busy with customers and a half hour later the place is empty and we could frisbee without human consequence.
We're up over last year a bit, but then again, because of the Walgreen's construction, we had little parking, so that bar isn't really very high.
For the 6th consecutive year in December, I'm reading one of my favorite books, "Winter Solstice" by Rosamunde Pilcher. The book takes place in a small Scottish village where characters and events come to a wonderful convergence during the Christmas season, with a stunning resolution on Christmas Eve. It’s about how life is full of losses but also rewards and the treasures of friendships, love, and family—in all, a warm way to wrap up and think about the end of the year and Christmas.
And thinking of the year-end and Christmas, I thought you might enjoy these thoughts on books as gifts. Merry Christmas and have a great reading new year.
Bookstore George
BOOKS AS GIFTS
"People seldom read a book which is given to them." -- Samuel Johnson
"Who gives a good book gives more than cloth, paper and ink...more than leather, parchment and words. He reveals a foreword of his thoughts, a dedication of his friendship, a page of his presence, a chapter of himself, and an index of his love." -- William A. Ward
"The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry;
The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all." --Carolyn Wells
"For every toy you buy a child, and a book." -- Susan Cooper
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