{"id":56523,"date":"2013-07-23T09:30:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=56523"},"modified":"2013-07-23T11:19:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T15:19:03","slug":"wine-for-dummies-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/23\/wine-for-dummies-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine for Dummies, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/winefordummieslarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/winefordummieslarge.jpg\" alt=\"winefordummieslarge\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/winefordummieslarge.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/winefordummieslarge-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2013-07-19\/for-entry-level-snobs-introducing-a-wine-for-dummies-brand-wine\" target=\"_blank\">Wine for Dummies<\/a> (yes, like the books) is a real thing, and will shortly be presented to any host who invites me to dinner.<\/li>\n<li>In case you were wondering, this summer, <a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/106341\/what-bill-gates-is-reading-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Gates will be reading<\/a>, among other things, <em>The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger<\/em> and <em>Japan\u2019s Dietary Transition and Its Impacts<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Scrapbooks compiled by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/About-Us\/News-and-Press\/Press-Releases\/Hemingway-Scrapbooks-Made-Available-to-Public-for-First-Time.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Ernest Hemingway\u2019s mother<\/a> throughout his childhood have been made available by the JFK Library.<\/li>\n<li>Someone has returned <em>The Real Book About Snakes<\/em> to Champaign County Library <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/slow-reader-returns-library-book-41-years-overdue-article-1.1405917?localLinksEnabled=false\" target=\"_blank\">forty-one years late<\/a>, with a fine in cash. Writes the conscientious borrower, \u201cSorry I\u2019ve kept this book so long but I\u2019m a really slow reader! I\u2019ve enclosed my fine of $299.30 (41 years\u20142 cents a day). Once again, my apologies!!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wine for Dummies (yes, like the books) is a real thing, and will shortly be presented to any host who invites me to dinner. 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