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Dixie cups as an ice cream phenomenon (vs. little drinking cups) came up in the conversation at book club last time.
I mentioned that the Oceanaire in Philly serves Dixie Cups.

Here's the story of the original Dixie Cups, from this site:
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~library/special/dixie/company.html
Dixie's first great success story after moving to Easton began in 1923, with an idea of merchandising an individual serving of ice cream in a Dixie cup. The company's first contracts were with Weed's Ice Cream Company of Allentown and Carry Ice Cream Company of Washington, D.C. to sell a 5oz. cup for ten cents. Although the first experiments were a disaster, the company soon developed a smaller, more rigid 2 1/2 oz.cup that would not absorb moisture, or crumble in the filling process, that would sell for five cents. To develop an adequate filling machine, Mojonnier Brothers, authorities on the engineering of filling devices, created an automatic machine to fill a paper cup with two flavors of ice cream at one time. Ice Cream Dixies earned almost instantaneous consumer acceptance.

and another site that has a picture:
http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/stories/moore.htm

Here is a lid:
http://www.brucetharp.com/thassets/TIC%20Dixie%20cup%20lid%20-%20front.jpg

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http://www.librarything.com/catalog/3rdWedBookClub
Anne has added new entries under Modern Marvels.

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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Ann Fadiman (daughter of Clifton Fadiman, former chief editor at Simon Schuster.)

and...
New-ish Books in Wilson Library (in English) about books

for example:

For the love of books : 115 celebrated writers on the books they love most
Shwartz, Ronald B.
Grosset/Putnam c1999

Books and reading in the lives of notable Americans : a biographical sourcebook McCrossan, John Anthony, 1930-
Greenwood Press 2000

Rereadings
Fadiman, Anne, 1953-
1st ed. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2005

The romance of the book
Brooks, Marshall.
Birch Brook Pr. c1995

Lost classics
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
1st Anchor Books ed. Anchor Books 2001

A passion for books
Salwak, Dale.
St. Martin's Press 1999

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Here's a list Anne put back together in June 2004; I'll add in dates and rearrange as we edit this list!

Shipping News - Annie Proulx
Two Old Women - Velma Wallis
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
The Color of Water - James McBride
My Forbidden Face - Latifa
Girl With Pearl
Death Comes to the Archbishop - Willa Cather
The Bondswoman's Narrative - Hannah Crafts - June 2003 (pool party night!)
The Spell of the Sensuous - David Abram
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
The Virgin Blue
Paradise - Toni Morrison
The Nine Parts of Desire - Geraldine Brooks
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
Instance of the Fingerpost - Iain Pears
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan
The Heartsong of Charging Elk - James Welsh
(Shame on me - no particular order!)

And here's another list from Anne sent in March 2002: This is most likely our very first round, since Postville is number 1!

Sarah
A Fine Balance- Rohinton Mistry (currently reading)
The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood – many layers
Interpreter of Maladies-Jhumpa Lahiri – short stories both US and India (Pulitzer)

Suzie
Peace Like a River – Lief Enger – local author
Dali Lama (anything)
Bone Setter’s Daughter – Amy Tan – mother daughter stuff btwn China and USA

Roberta
One Thousand White Women – Jim Fergus
The Heartsong of Charging Elk – James Welch – Native American left behind in France
Personal History – Katherine Graham – ran the Washington Post

Anne
Postville – Stephen Bloom
Founding Brothers –Joseph Ellis
Big Chief Elizabeth – Giles Milton

Schedule:
April 10- Me (=Anne) – Postville – Stephen Bloom
May 8 – Donna – A Fine Balan ce – Rohinton Mistry
June 12 –Suzie- Bonesetter’s Daughter – Amy Tan
July 10- Roberta -The Heartsong of Charging Elk – James Welch
August 14 – Sarah- The Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri

And while we're talking about books here's a book about books:
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Ann Fadiman (daughter of Clifton Fadiman, former chief editor at Simon Schuster.)

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Check out this list of graphic novels listed in Booklist and gear up for some hot reads this summer!

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Something to try out if you have some spare time:
http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/

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How do you pronounce Iraq? After all these years, I am still amazed at the inconsistency among news anchors, not to mention people who are there (from here), so I did a bit of searching and found that Merriam Webster offers a pronunciation guide you can listen to. I wonder if people who say I-rock are deliberately mispronouncing it as some sort of sign of disrespect, just as W used to refer to sadd'em. By the way if you're without audio, the correct pronunciation of Iraq is ear-ROCK.

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The Schedule:

November 28th (note that this is not the third Wednesday)
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham at Rosemary’s

December 19th
Bring a book to give. Party at Susan’s

January 16th
Anything by Doris Lessing at Ruth’s

February 20th
Ultraviolet Sky by Alma Luz Villanueva at April’s

March 19th
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik at Anne’s

April 16th
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen at Susan’s

May 21st
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame at Meggin’s

June 18th
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester at Roberta’s

Other Suggestions:

Rosemary:
I Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of the Great Writers by Roger Rapoport
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell

April:
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Roberta:
Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack by Tom Nagorski
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ruth:
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Alphonsion Deng
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Meggin:
As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me by Nanci Kincaid
Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock

Susan:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Choice of any book, then come to book club and tell everyone about it

Anne:
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman
Henry VIII (theme)

Other classics:
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

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Check out our very own LIbraryThing catalog that Anne set up for us! She's even tagged our books for each of us. It's also a great place to look for new book ideas.

Thanks Anne!

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July – A Simple Story by Y S Agnon
7 PM July 17 at Highland Park branch library

August – Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
Powells listing
BN listing
Hosted by Sarah at Anne’s

September – Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Hosted by Anne
Borders listing

October – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Hosted by Roberta

Other suggestions:

Roberta
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
Eleanor: The Years Alone by Joseph Lash
One Matchless Time: The Life of William Faulkner by Jay Parini
Any classic – everyone browsed a list – some suggestions were:
Vanity Fair, House of Mirth, Pride & Prejudice, Ivanhoe, The Four Feathers

Susan
Out of Egypt by Andre Aciman
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Poetry sampler or poem a month?

Anne
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
The Patron Saint of Desperate Situations by John Harrigan
Museum of the Missing by Simon Houpt

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June – Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson by William Swanson
Hosted by Ruth at Anne’s

July – A Simple Story by Y S Agnon
7 PM TUESDAY July 17 at Highland Park branch library

August – Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
Hosted by Sarah at Anne’s

September – Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Hosted by Anne

October – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Hosted by Roberta

Other suggestions:

Roberta
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
Eleanor: The Years Alone by Joseph Lash
One Matchless Time: The Life of William Faulkner by Jay Parini
Any classic – everyone browsed a list – some suggestions were:
Vanity Fair, House of Mirth, Pride & Prejudice, Ivanhoe, The Four Feathers

Susan
Out of Egypt by Andre Aciman
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Poetry sampler or poem a month?

Anne
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
The Patron Saint of Desperate Situations by John Harrigan
Museum of the Missing by Simon Houpt

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Check out the popular reading at the Wise Owl Cafe

Also, author Carlos Eire will be on campus this week for two events. He is the author of Waiting for Snow in Havana. There's an interview with him in Sunday's Saint Paul Pioneer Press. See full cite below.

Continue reading "Pop reading" »

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http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00044

Excerpt:
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 470 )
Vote Number: 44 Vote Date: February 5, 2007, 05:44 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Measure Number: S. 470
Measure Title: A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq.

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The beaver has migrated to OJO, where the pictures are!!

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Here’s the list for upcoming events and reading…and don’t forget, we have a library at
http://www.librarything.com/
User ID - check Anne's e-mail message.

Find it in a library near you: http://worldcat.org/

20 Dec : at Roberta’s – holiday party, no reading but bring a book wrapped for exchange

17 Jan : at Roberta’s – The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes

21 Feb : Sarah’s book at Anne’s – Orlando:A Biography by Virginia Woolf

21 Mar : at Rosemary’s – shared humor (see list below, read whatever you like and share)

18 Apr : at Anne’s – The Librarian by Larry Beinhart

16 May : at Susan’s – Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau

June : Meggin (tba)

For those of you who weren’t there in November, bring suggestions whenever you like.

Other books suggested:

Roberta:
Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter

Sarah:
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran de Sai
The Road From the Elephant Pass by Nihal de Silva
Love by Toni Morrison

Susan:
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
A Certain Smile and Painted Lady by Francoise Sagan
Davita’s Harp by Chaim Potok

Rosemary:
When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time to Go Home and
All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann’s Dressing Room by Erma Bombeck
Just Keep Going North by Rick Eichert
Molly Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She? and
You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You by Molly Ivins
If You Can’t Say Something Nice by Calvin Trillin

Anne:
Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
On Beauty by Zadie Smith

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