There's a part of me that wants to watch ita and Pete play board games, but only if I'm not participating and am at a minimum safe distance.

With tasty adult beverages. This is key.

Rock on, Connie. SUCK IT, nosy neighbors.

House is semi-presentable. It will have to do. At least I finally hung the shower curtains?

Speaking of Hardison, has everyone seen this interview with Aldis Hodge and his mother? [link] He is so on my laminated list.

There's a part of me that wants to watch ita and Pete play board games, but only if I'm not participating and am at a minimum safe distance

You will sell tickets, or film it, or both, right?

Honestly, I'm underwhelmed by the e-reader experience (the Kindle was a Christmas gift from my brother and SIL -- completely unexpected, because I've never expressed any interest in an e-reader). My brain likes physical books better. I mean the actual reading experience of ink on paper. I can't explain it.

Steph, this is me. I also find I'm more willing to abandon books on the Nook than I am real library books. I just finished i Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and I skimmed big chunks of it in a way I wouldn't do with a real book.

I am the opposite! One of the things I hate about the Kindle is that I am stuck on one page! There's no easy way to just flip back or thumb through upcoming pages to see whether I should keep reading. Sure, there is apparently some sort of jump feature, but I haven't figured out quite how to use it, and it can never be as quick and useful as flipping through paper pages.

The only thing I find with the Nook is that I forget I have new books, because I don't see the shiny volume itself sitting on my nightstand. But other than that, I really love it, and I still use it all the time. The SO just got the Color and he's all about it. Which is good because it means I can finally sort out the "shelves" to my liking now that he wanted his own account.

I think I like the Kindle because it forces me to keep going. I am a big-time skipper. I usually read the beginning, then the end, and then decide if I will finish. Then, if I like it, I read it again. The kindle pretty much forces me to go page by page.

One of the problems I have with the Kindle is that it is hard to flip through a book--like, I'm trying to find a particular bit to read aloud at book club. That's been kind of annoying.

Although the Fire does look like it's easier to move around in than the 1st-gen Kindle I had before. And I like the fact that I can change the background page color to cream, to reduce the contrast a little bit.

In general, I must admit that I'm not overwhelmed by the Fire, though; I already had a smartphone and a MacBook, so the Fire doesn't give me anything I didn't already have except the Kindle functions. And it's heavier than the b/w Kindles I was considering. But I will admit that the screen is quite nice.

how we're in violation of occupancy, what with our housemate and the fact that the actual owner of the house, our good friend, works and lives a couple of counties over

This just boggles me. It's so beyond any reasonable kind of interest anyone should have in their neighbors. Who CARES, honestly? Glad to hear there are some sensible people in your town, Connie.

I figured out the Go To on the Nook pretty fast, so that hasn't broken me of "Read the last page to see if someone I like is still alive."

I don't read as much as I want to, but now I have no no excuse. Because I always have books on me. Nook application is installed on everything, although I prefer reading on the B+W Nook by far. So I can say "Day at the beach...which book to start and finish?" And I will already have something bought and paid for and begging to be read.

No, not wise moneyspending, but still satisfying if you're me.