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[Freddie]

I'm sure none of that is news to any of you. You've probably alll had equally bad service.

Most of the time I have been pleased with T-Mobile.  Bryan likes it.  Craig switched to Verizon when we lived in Ashland because we didn't have a good T-Mobile tower, which wasn't a big deal to us back then as we had two land-line numbers.  Recently he talked about returning to T-Mobile.  I don't know if he has done so.

As for AT&T, again in Ashland, over my warnings and protests Keith switched his cell phone to them while I refused to do so.  As soon as he could he switched to T-Mobile, at which time I switched from our local carrier to T-Mobile. 

I've had T-mobile a little over a year as a separate business line and I've been  liking  it much more than Verizon wireless.
I find customer service in Verizon wireless just really bad, but that may be that I have a grandfathered contract which they may want me to stop having.

[Freddie]

I'm sure none of that is news to any of you. You've probably alll had equally bad service.

Better service vibes.  These experiences sound awful.

[George]

~~~Phone-Service-Be-Better Vibes for Jeanne!!~~~

[George]

Hi, Fred.

[George]

I am currently reading the recently published "Cloud Cuckoo Land" by Anthony Doerr.  Has anyone read it?

I downloaded it, and I also got the Advanced Reader's Copy.  I don't know when I'll get to it, though.

How do you get an advanced copy?  I would think you would need to read the book early and review it.

Our library selectors regularly get advanced reader's copies from publishers...with no obligation to do anything with them. 

[George]

The selectors rarely, if ever, read pre-pub books themselves when they're deciding on whether to purchase or not.  They read literary reviews (Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, etc.) because those are much, Much, MUCH (that's three MUCHES) shorter than reading the entire book just to make a purchasing decision. 

[George]

Anyway, these A.R.C.s are put on a cart in our lobby for anyone to take, read, keep, give away, or whatever.  They can't be added to our catalog as circulating copies, and they can't legally be sold at all, so they're just given away. 

[George]

It's pretty cool to see a book that's not going to be published for several months, and be able to read it before pretty much anyone else,

[George]

I ate a couple of leftover donuts (microwaved for 7 or 8 seconds) earlier this morning, and now I'm feeling the need for a wee bit more indulgence in the form of, say, a Sausage & Egg McMuffin. I don't think I've had one of those in a year and a half.

I'm hoping when the McRib comes back, it's not a letdown.  There was a version of the McRib that was really great, but it was temporary. 

My sister used to love these.  She doesn't eat land animals anymore, but she does still miss them.

I think it was Jimmy Fallon who said Macdonald's was asked "What do you intend to do about the McRib if there's a pork shortage as in this other news story?"  And the McSpokesman said "Those two stories are completely unrelated."

[John G.]

Get out your handkerchiefs. Supernova is in the same league as Still Alice and Away from Her. I found the chemistry between Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci compelling. The story is heartbreaking.

And it ends with a moving performance of Elgar's Salut d'Amour by Firth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxVJ4gTFCh4

[John G.]

Good night, all.

[bk]

As one goes through these Rubbra symphonies they get better and better - there are eleven. They haven't received many recordings, I must say. There's a complete cycle on Chandos with Richard Hickox conducting that's good. I prefer the symphonies on Lyrita, performance and sound-wise, but they only did four or five of 'em. I don't have a stereo recording of the fifth so I may have to seek out that single Chandos disc. I do have a wonderful mono recording of it with Barbirolli conducting.

[bk]

Rubbra is a bit more like Walton than Vaughan Williams or he's more like the Vaughan Williams of the sixth and eighth symphony. But several of these symphonies are really beautiful, especially four, six, seven, and eight.

[George]

Today at my mom's, we played two games of Phase 10.

[George]

Lost both...again.

[George]

No big deal.

[George]

There's always next week.

[TCB]

A bunch of us are meeting at the country cemetery again this evening. It's been a somewhat hectic day and I'm looking forward to relaxing over a drink there.

What better place to have spirits, than in a cemetery?

[TCB]

I am currently reading the recently published "Cloud Cuckoo Land" by Anthony Doerr.  Has anyone read it?

I am currently reading the recently published "Cloud Cuckoo Land" by Anthony Doerr.  Has anyone read it?

I downloaded it, and I also got the Advanced Reader's Copy.  I don't know when I'll get to it, though.

I downloaded it, and I also got the Advanced Reader's Copy.  I don't know when I'll get to it, though.

Why download it if you also got an Advanced Reader’s Copy?

[TCB]

Wow!  Over168 posts!  It’s just like Christmas Day!

[TCB]

And this

Hey, it’s the old man at the sea.

[George]

I am currently reading the recently published "Cloud Cuckoo Land" by Anthony Doerr.  Has anyone read it?

I am currently reading the recently published "Cloud Cuckoo Land" by Anthony Doerr.  Has anyone read it?

I downloaded it, and I also got the Advanced Reader's Copy.  I don't know when I'll get to it, though.

I downloaded it, and I also got the Advanced Reader's Copy.  I don't know when I'll get to it, though.

Why download it if you also got an Advanced Reader’s Copy?

Because why not have both?  The download is the officially published version, but the Advanced Reader's Copy might not be exactly the same, so I got the ARC, and when it was officially released, I got the download through my library's OverDrive, so it didn't cost me anything, anyway.