Salesperson demonstrating the Nook Tablet in a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Livingston, New Jersey.
Tomwsulcer - Own work
So I bought me a Nook.
Not intending to, mind you.
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Commentary
Sunday, June 16, 2019
So I bought me a Nook.
Not intending to, mind you.
I had finished my paperback and my online library account refused me entry.
Having finished “The Big Sleep,” I had determined “Farewell, my Lovely” would be next.
Detective books are the right size to carry about.
“Carry about” principally means for me the train, the MBTA.
While I mused on my options, I realized that I next wanted to reread the Goldfinch.
That mighty tome of eight-hundred pages not conducive to enduring rush hours in the tunnels.
And a worthy challenge to my physical stamina if added to my already heavy daily backpack.
Alternatively, one can read a book online.
My laptop always with me.
That, however, not compatible with the subway system.
My iphone an interesting solution, but not consonant with the edification reading should bring to one.
Too small; too inelegant.
And here I was sipping a lovely coffee from the Blue Bottle in the Prudential Center which also harbors a Barnes and Noble, not a hundred feet from where I was sitting.
Of course I went in.
With the Nook I could buy any book I felt like reading.
Without waiting.
Without worrying about the size or weight.
A huge new expense for me, but things aren’t necessarily going well for me, anyway.
And it would be the perfect solution for me, pleasurably useful five times a day.
They promised to help me set it up.
And I realized that, as with any technology, even of the most basic form, availability of tech support screams in its favor.
So I bought me a Nook.
Not intending to, mind you.
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Announcements/Tips
Sunday, June 16, 2019
A shout out to the Microsoft team for the joy they exude in helping customers.
Appointments are easily obtainable online or on the phone and are invaluable in helping we users with Microsoft products
While the photo is of the MS store, we doubt customers will face crowds as thick as this photo is showing.
Springtime in Boston.
Rain and sun all week but always mild temperatures.
The hours are ticking away and if we don’t make the most of our time another day will soon click past.
Unnoticed.
Unappreciated.
Tick Tock.
In clock language:
Enjoy today.
Enjoy the week.
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Postings Count, Weather Brief, and Dinner
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Our 436th consecutive posting, committed to 5,000.
After 436 posts we’re at the 8.72 percentile of our commitment, the commitment a different way of marking the passage of time.
Time is 4.01am.
On Sunday, Boston will be back at seasonal mild temperatures, a high of 73* with a feels-like of 82* under a light rain.
Dinner Saturday was Halibut Roasted with Cherrystone Clams in a butter, wine, and scallion sauce.
Variegated golden frog (Mantella baroni) in the Ranomafana National Park of Madagascar
Charles J Sharp - Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk
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Chuckle of the Day:
Sunday, June 16, 2019
A man takes the day off work and decides to go out golfing.
He is on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to the green.
He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, "Ribbit. 9- Iron". The man looks around and doesn't see anyone. "Ribbit. 9-Iron."
He looks at the frog and decides to prove the frog wrong.
He puts his other club away and grabs a 9-iron.
Boom! he hits it 10 inches from the cup.
He is shocked!
He says to the frog,
"Wow that's amazing. You must be a lucky frog, eh?"
The frog replies "Ribbit. Lucky frog."
The man decides to take the frog with him to the next hole.
"What do you think frog?" the man asks. "Ribbit. 3-wood."
The guy takes out a 3-wood, and boom! A hole in one.
The man is befuddled and doesn't know what to say.
By the end of the day, the man has golfed the best game of golf in his life and asks the frog, "OK where to next?"
The frog replies, "Ribbit. Las Vegas."
They go to Las Vegas and the guy says, "OK frog, now what?"
The frog says, "Ribbit. Roulette."
Upon approaching the roulette table, the man asks, "What do you think I should bet?"
The frog replies, "Ribbit. $3000,black 6."
Now, this is a million-to-one shot to win, but after the golf game, the man figures what the heck. Boom - tons of cash come sliding back across the table.
The man takes his winnings and buys the best room in the hotel.
He sits the frog down and says, "Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money and I am forever grateful."
The frog replies, "Ribbit, Kiss Me."
He figures, Why not? After all the frog did for him, it is a small price to pay.
With the kiss, however, the frog turns into a gorgeous 15-year-old girl.
"And that, your honor, is how the girl came to be in my room."
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Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Sunday, June 16, 2019
This from Sally C :
Dear Dom,
I slow-roasted a fresh pork shoulder the other night - one of the few pork cuts we prefer, since most pork is now bred to be so fat-free as to be dry to the point of inedibility - which I dressed before cooking with a mix of onion soup mix and olive oil. Roasted with the skin/fat-side up, so it basted itself. I always put water in the pot with whatever I roast, which makes for astonishingly rich broth, which solidifies like Jell-O upon refrigeration. Last night, that broth became the base for a soup with diced roast pork, the top half of a very leafy stand of celery, some diced carrots, more onion, and fresh mushrooms. In the last few minutes of cooking, I threw in some already-cooked rotini pasta left over from a luncheon at church on Sunday. Just a taste before leaving it to cool overnight - succulent! I'm looking forward to my lunch today!
Even though it's commercially produced, the Lipton onion soup mix isn't dependent on unpronounceable chemicals for its flavor - most of its ingredients are food. I'm willing to accept the minimal additives.
It is nice to see the greater use these days of fruit with meats and poultry, like your peaches here and cranberries. I grew up with applesauce with nearly every meal. My mother made and canned innumerable pints and quarts of it regularly to carry the family for the better part of the year - she still does, as do I. It especially featured when we had pork, but otherwise fruit in various manifestations was generally reserved for dessert. One of our favorite desserts was nothing more than prune plums from a large can - DelMonte brand, I think. I keep looking for them in more obscure stores because I miss them, but haven't seen them since the 1970s. (I can also easily OD on stewed prunes, a taste I acquired from my paternal grandfather.) (A taste of his that took me much longer to acquire was for Moxie, but I no longer have interest in it because they've modified the recipe several times now in a (fruitless, to me) attempt to appeal to today's more homogenized taste buds. Boring.)
I'd best close now before I launch into more blather, eloquent or not. That's not what they pay me to do here at work.
Go well, my friend!
Sally
Web Meister responds: Can you believe I liked baby food from those small jars until the second grade? I sometimes feel as though I can still taste them.
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Question of the Day
Sunday, June 16, 2019
What is the Nook?
The Barnes & Noble Nook (styled nook or NOOK) is a brand of e-readers developed by American book retailer Barnes & Noble, based on the Android platform.
The original device was announced in the U.S. in October 2009, and was released the next month.
The original Nook had a six-inch E-paper display and a separate, smaller color touchscreen that serves as the primary input device and was capable of Wi-Fi and AT&T 3G wireless connectivity.
The original nook was followed in November 2010 by a color LCD device called the Nook Color, in June 2011 by the Nook Simple Touch, and in November 2011 and February 2012 by the Nook Tablet.
On April 30, 2012, Barnes & Noble entered into a partnership with Microsoft that spun off the Nook and college businesses into a subsidiary.
On August 28, 2012, Barnes and Noble announced partnerships with retailers in the UK, which began offering the Nook digital products in October 2012.
In December 2014, B&N purchased Microsoft's Nook shares, ending the partnership.
Nook users may read nearly any Nook Store e-book, digital magazines or newspapers for one hour once per day while connected to the store's Wi-Fi.
I love my Nook.
Fits right in and always at hand.
Reading ‘Lolita” now.
Don’t know if I’ll finish.
Man is sick.
I feel dirty when I put it down.
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Good Morning on this Sunday, the sixteenth day of June, 2019
We posted a salesperson holding a Nook.
Our commentary reasons how that came about.
We posted the Boston weather report and the ticking calendar, and tracked the number of our postings.
We posted a note from Sally C, a longish chuckle, and a thumbnail of the Nook.
Remember that yesterday we posted on a tablet computer. Our knowledge broadens.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.