Well I have posted once this year. I was thinking it had been much longer. April fools' day is special. My Brother Grant was married on this date and my Father-in-Law was born on this date. Both are no longer with us. So, today has become a day to think about my mortality. Of course this blog will live on forever. Well maybe it won't. But I believe everything we do or don't do effects the future. I am trying to find a well known quotation, something about moving a grain of sand. I am not having any luck.
In other news, I bought an Iphone. This thing is great. I feel myself becoming an Apple fanboy. I will try and not turn this blog into a testimonial for Apple or the Iphone, but I can't imagine using a different cell phone. I promise to write more about this at another time.
My wife Mary has started college again. She is so tough, working fulltime, going to school full time, and being a time and a half wife and mother. Since I hit 50 and contacted mad cow and oldtimers I can't remember what day it is. I am trying to pull my weight and helping with the house work, cooking and caring for our little angel. So my other pursuits, like this blog, reading great literature, and great scientific discoveries have been put on the back burner. However, that burner is still on and sometimes even gets hot.
I have been reading. Freakonomics is fantastic, a must read for everyone. I can't say enough about this book. I have also found a new website about books that I love. http://www.shelfari.com/ is a great site. I think I can share or choose friends or something like that. Just go there and check it out. I may post a link later or something. After Freakonomics, I read The Rising Tide: A Novel of the Second World War by Jeff Shaara also well worth the time. I am listening to a biography of Winston Churchill on my Iphone. Did I mention I got an Iphone. I have been a subscriber of www.audible.com for some time. Using an IPod or Iphone is so much nicer then burning CDs to listen to in the car. I am reading Why I write by George Orwel. I will have more on that in my next post.