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Strange name, but Futility Closet describes itself as "An idler's miscellany of compendious amusements." In other words: trivia -- thousands of "epigrams, anecdotes, illusions and wonders; puzzles, prodigies, sublimities and horrors. Read a few and get back to work. We'll keep finding more." Run by Greg Ross out of Raleigh, N.C., (from, I would hope, his closet), the site reminds me a lot of the late L.M. (Louis) Boyd's brilliant newspaper "Mike Mailway" trivia column (called "Grab Bag" in the San Francisco Chronicle). Read a few and get back to work. From This is True for 3 January 2010 Suggestions for further reading:
 by World Almanac Books Amazon Price: $9.22 Customer Review: Interesting book. I look forward to the new one each year. Shipment was prompt and arrived in good condition.  by David Mccandless Amazon Price: $17.81 Customer Review: Page 128 of this book is devoted to the different types of graphics used in diagrams, forty are named with a little graphic of each (pie chart, bar chart; word cloud etc and one called 'Dunno what to call it' chart) and I thought it would have been u...  by James Rogers Amazon Price: $7.99 Customer Review: So I was certainly gassed when I heard about this book. It's proven to be most of what it's cracked up to be although it's not entirely all i was hoping. Biggest let down is that it doesn't give the entire history of the cliche, where it truly origi...  by Diana Gabaldon Amazon Price: $19.80 Customer Review: So happy at long last to be able to purchase this book as it is not available in Australia,it is wonderful to be able to refresh oneself with the characters, can't wait for DG's next book, altogether a must have for a DG fan  by Bathroom Readers' Institute Amazon Price: $12.89 Customer Review: Beware of these books!!! You will get yourself trapped in the bathroom reading them. People will begin to think you need to go see a GI specialist. Family members with weaker bladders will become quite irate when you have seemingly overstayed your tu... Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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