My recent reads

Ok, so I said I would do a better job of reviewing books I had read. But I would rather read than write about what I have read. I finished Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov. It was pretty interesting and a quick read. Before The Long Valley I read The GOD Delusion by Richard Dawkins. This a great non-fiction book that presents an atheist point of view. Dr Dawkins is an expert in evolutionary biology. I am not sure exactly what his PhD is in. Since my last post I have also read Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut followed by Faith of My Fathers by John McCain. Both are worth reading. My wife and I are listening to Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I am reading Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. I will add links to Amazon.com and varies blogs when I feel the need. If anyone were reading this blog I might do things quicker.

The Long Valley and The Red Pony

I just finished reading John Steinbeck's The Long Valley which is a collection of short stories about the people of the Salinas Valley area. "The Red Pony" is the final story but it is much longer than the others. Some of the stories must have more behind them then I got with one reading. I would highly recommend this book. Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. I have read other books of his and I enjoyed them all. I am sure one could find hundreds of summaries on the net for any of his books, so I will not bother. Maybe I will take some notes on the next book I read. I have started Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel one of his robot novels. I will try and do a better report on it without writing a summery. .

Cousin Dale

My cousin Dale Bumpaous is visiting me this week. He lives in Richland, Washington which for those of you who don't know is the sunshine capital of Washington. Summer highs there can hover around 95 F to 100 F for weeks. Everyone there owns an air conditioner. It does rain over there a couple times a year, here in Western Washington it rains almost every day year round. Californians and others take note.

I have added my picture

As you can see, I have added my picture. This one is a little old and I needed a shave that day. But, it is about the best picture I have taken. My eyes are straight, clear, and bright. Isn't being clean and sober wonderful. I will look for a more upto date picture. Today my hair is shorter, thinner, and a lot grayer. If you want to see more pictures of me and my family you will have to look on flicker.

Do I know you?

Last Friday I added a post to this blog. It had been sometime since I last posted. It had even been longer since anyone had read my blog. I don't think my wife has yet read it. Therefore, I sent out an email to everyone in my contract list. The subject was "Do I know You?" I was surprise that only one email bounced. The address is no longer vaild. That does not mean all the other addresses are good. Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail and the like don't bounce they just sit there waiting for their owners logon. I was surprise to hear from a few people. I don't know how many looked at my blog but at least they are still alive. I know my sister took a look because she tried to post a comment but I had the comments turned off. They are on how but you have to log in. All that is required is a google log in which everyone should have. My sister Ada has also started a blog of her own. I will link to her as soon as I figure out how to do that.

OMG

It has been so long since I posted to this blog. I thought about just starting a new one but that does not make much sense. If you are here for the first time because I sent you an email. Thanks for taking a look. If you find some misspelled words or grammical errors please let me know. I am going to post more often but shorter entries. At least that is the plan. The reason I decided to get back to posting here is because I am going to help Nichellle start a blog of her own.