The Rubik's Cube (Sanity Not Refundable)

Perhaps the most dastardly creation of man, the Rubik's Cube has all but consumed my mental state, leaving me with a headache.

Yes, the Rubik's Cube. Created by a Hungarian Sculptor and Professor of Architecture, Erno Rubik, the cube is a mechanical puzzle designed to make you feel inferior to people that can solve the thing in less than 10 seconds.

So after spending about 2 days on this thing, I haven't been able to solve all the sides. I solved this thing a couple of times in my entire life, but it involved removing the stickers and putting them back in order.

I hate this thing. I'm very competitive so I refuse to back down to this thing. Sadly, all my searching on the internet has only left me dumbfounded and confused. There are solvers online but I actually want to solve it the right way.

So I issue you readers a challenge, come to me and solve the Rubik's Cube. You will be awarded generously for your intelligence and "strategery". For others of you out there, steer clear of the Rubik's Cube. The first 5 minutes may seem entertaining, but the cube will only take up space in your closet afterwards.

Verdict: Save your money, pay your library fines instead.

Superman Returns (Who Cares Where He Went)

So this review is of a movie in which my co-workers and I both despise. Superman Returns, which was released in the summer of 2006, receives our stamp of disapproval. This slow paced movie tells the story of a world without Superman. Evidently, Superman had up and left Earth for 5 years and no one really cared. Apparently the film ommitted this portion of the movie, due to budget issues.

So Superman finally returns, coincidentally crash landing into the same field he crashed into when he was a child. He sleeps off his jet lag and wakes up in the morning to speedily clean up his mess. He returns to Metropolis and begins working at the Daily Planet again. For some reason, no one figured out that Clark Kent comes back after being missing for 5 years, and coincidentally Superman returns at around the same time he does.

From this point on the slow and dragged out pace of the movie makes you realize why the movie didn't break even in the United States. I'm sure everyone came out to see the latest Superman movie only as a homage to the deceased Christopher Reeves. Its no secret why there will most likely be no sequel to this movie.

Verdict: Rent it first, then be glad you didn't buy it. Wouldn't watch it a second time.

6th Annua Silicon Valley Reads

6th Annual Silicon Valley Reads
February, 2008
Presents
The Distand Land of My Father
By Bo Caldwell

What if everyone in Silicon Valley
read the same book...
at the same time...
and then discussed it?

Come join the Seventees Library book club on
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Seventrees Library
3597 Cas Drive
San Jose, Ca 95111
(408)629-4536

Books To Read

While working at a library, you run across of interesting books that you want to read, but you don't really find time to. You see it on the shelf mocking you as you passby every day, but you don't pick it up and read it. One day, you reluctantly decide that you will read that book and put it in its place. Sadly, the book you saw is no longer there and you regret all the times you walked past that book.

What if I don't read? Well now you're just trying to ruin my story aren't you? What I was trying to get to is, you should have read a book, but you didn't know if it was good or not, so you didn't. When you finally decided to read that particular book, it was gone. If only you had heard good things about it, or read a review praising its literary genius. You would have read it earlier right? Right.

So the way I'm approaching this is, I'm going to write reviews of books, movies, video games and whatever else will take up your time. The twist to this is that instead of writing good reviews, I will be writing bad reviews. That way when you pass that book, if it sucks, you'll know it sucks, and you'll never regret not being able to read it.

So stay tuned to this blog, we know you can't wait to read the first review.

FREE Reading Workshop & Test for Dyslexia

Do you have a child struggling with reading problems?

Has your child been called a "late bloomer?"
Do the reasons your child is struggling remain unclear to you?
Is homework often a "war zone" filled with anger and tears?

Come to a free reading workshop. Find out if your child's academic problems are likely to get better by themselves over time or if your child could benefit from intervention right now.


What You Will Learn

• Get a better sense of why your child is struggling.
• Find out what type of reading instruction will truly help your child.
• Determine if your child would benefit from a reading skills assessment.
  

Could it be a Reading Disability?

• Go through a checklist of the warning signs of dyslexia.
• Find out what types of learning disabilities (other than dyslexia) can impact reading.

FREE READING WORKSHOP
Saturday, Jan. 5 2:00 PM
Seventrees Branch Library

Workshop given by Annie Cooperman, Reading Specialist.