Advantages: For the optimist...amazingly useless information!!! Disadvantages: For the pessimist...amazingly useless information!!!
...So, upon my return to Ciao, what could I review that seemed somewhat different?? I've done a number of CD's and DVD's, but no books....but I fancied a book with a difference, and then happened to stumble across Schott's Original Miscellany....
Ben Scho ...
I like knowing things.
But not just any things, oh no.....I like knowing *random* things. Things that you can say aloud in a crowded room for which you will recieve a look of "how on earth do they know that??". Things that are obscure and fascinating ...
Advantages: Unusual, interesting, you can dive in at any point Disadvantages: You can only really appreciate it in snippets
Schott's Original Miscellany is one of those rare books that can be read time and time again with fascination. Randomly choosing a page may present you with information regarding 'American Diner Slang' (did you know that 'burn the British' means 'toasted ...
Advantages: Interesting, Entertaining & Utterly Addictive Disadvantages: Full of Probably Useless Information
This book is one of those things that you are not quite sure what use it is, but yet you feel you cannot do with out. It is full of trivia and uncommon knowledge that is guaranteed to fill those uncomfortable pauses in conversation at dinner parties. ...
Advantages: Comprehensive guide, useful maps. Disadvantages: Awkward size, too much given over to the base game.
The Prima games guides have been an indispensable help for Simmers ever since the first generation of games, and the Sims 3 guides are no different. This is the first one I have, as all the expansion guides come with a primer for the base game as well, an ...
