August - Critical Past and Food Safety

Almost everything that came up on Critical Past that happened on October 11th had something to do with war. Kind of a bummer. Although there was one video of a man taking a watch out of his pocket and looking at it. Why is this of historical significance? It's not even of hysterical significance (that was Davey B.). Most of the footage on this site has to do with WWII. I realize that this is important for us to remember but, geez, can we see some more non-war footage, please?

As for the minimum cooking temperature of pork. It is perfectly fine to eat pork raw. Preferably soaked in egg yoke that has been sitting out for a day or two. Either that or if you're a wimp you can cook it so that it reaches at least 160 degrees. Either way. Oh, and also, one of these methods will make you die.

Blindness

I'm almost finished reading Blindness by Jose Saramago. It's one of the best books I've ever read. I was turned onto this book by seeing the movie (which I didn't know was based on a book until I saw the credits). The movie was pretty disappointing but the idea was fascinating so I thought the book might be better. So, yeah, it is. Have any of you read this? If so, what did you think? It's translated from Portuguese, so I wonder what the original is like. The writing style is singular to say the least. Wonderfully unique and poetic while still always sticking to the story at hand. If you haven't read it, you should.

CAL!

Gail just informed me that she'll be sending me to The Colorado Association of Libraries Conference 2010, in October. I got really excited until she explained that it's nothing like Spring Break Miami. I guess there'll be, like, programs about library stuff, 'n' things. But, seriously folks, I am looking forward to going to CAL. They've got some programs scheduled that I think will be very interesting and hopefully enlightening. I'm wondering who else is going?