Book Board Chat

Good Morning from Penn's Woods,

@Webmaster ~ While Grace Hopper is credited with the saying "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission", I emailed red.pt the owner of Little Yellow and the 'keeper' of Hey Little Boys and Girs [eriksbay did that one] asking permission to have the Banner post linked as a sidebar. I don't think it will be a problem. He seldom posted on the BB. That is why I posted it and people tended to think that I was the keeper of the Informational Banner post. I told him to let me know or to email you. He and/or his wife might be interested in joining too. In addition to your email that @bookleaves will receive I emailed her too. As her unpaid PR person, I say go for it! lol BTW she has written several other books that you might want to include if she gives the ok for a sidebar. Those earlier books were part of the BB history too. More on those later.

Most people are aware of who Grace Hopper, of the 'computer bug' fame is but in case some are not. Includes a bit of an Etymology for those who like etymologies.

"Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. She conceptualized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages. She is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches (motivated by an actual moth removed from the computer). Because of the breadth of her accomplishments and her naval rank, she is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace". The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) was named for her."

Source & More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

silkpurse & Liz Here is one that you both will know!

Can you recognize these last lines from books, fiction and nonfiction, old and new. The only thing they have in common is that they are at least fairly well known. Try to do it without googling!!"