We were all struck by the character of Jefferson, more so than that of Lewis and Clark. But then, Lewis and Clark were portrayed with the obligatory warts (especially when you factor in the obligatory political correctness), while Jefferson wasn't subjected to such treatment. It made us want to read a not so flattering biography of Jefferson, and a history of the political goings-on in Europe, and the Napoleonic wars, and so on...

Them as listened to the book, rather than reading it with eyeballs, missed out on the creative spelling. (Although Linda said that on the occassions when she had the reader spell a word for her, she was amazed.)

This led to discussions on the latest electronic gadgets, and the lack of a good UI for them, and then to the implantation of chips in people, and in pets. (And somehow, the way in which a cat is skinned in a high-class Chinese restaurant.)