The Harry Potter books were one of the few where I liked the movies better. That as contrasted with the Chronicles of Narnia, where I really believe it should be illegal to see The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe if you have not already read the series. I read it several times as a boy and named my first dog, (who was a true “man’s best friend” for all of his 17 years), Bree.

I tried Latin in high school and hated it. But then a few years later, as a horticulture major in college, I was the best in my class at memorizing the Latin names of thousands of plants. Go figure?

You did a great job on this meme, Alan! I’m not a big fan of them either although I did do one llast fall that turned out OK. I never did pass it on though, maybe I should give it to you!

Wake Up And Smell The Planet is probably worth the cover price just for the cover art alone, but as it put out by Grist, I’m sure it is good. I have not read it, but I read the weekly Grist email and that is very well done. So well, in fact, that sometimes it makes me wonder what makes me think I am qualified to cover some of the same topics!