...whether you are having fun or not.

I left work at 4:00 pm on Thursday, Dececember 23rd and did not log on to a computer until 9:39 AM December 29th. I had no idea that Reggie White was dead until Monday night at 9:00 PM. I had no idea that tsunami's had killed tens of thousands of people until Monday night. It can be sobering to realize that the world can go on without you but it can be quite liberating to realize that you can go on without the world just as easily.

In the last 6 days and nights I have read "The Prince" by Machiavell as well as a collection of essays entitled "The Size of Thoughts" by Nicholson Baker. I finished the novel "Another Son Of Man" by Tim McLaurin and intend to read "Room Temperature" by Nicholson Baker before this week is over.

I have also made time to go and see "Meet the Fockers" as well as "The Polar Express" at the IMAX Theatre in 3D.

I had hoped to catch up on the news today but today is not going to be much of a reading day. It is the day to put up all of the Christmas junk which is worse than putting it out in the first place.

I know that as soon as I complain about having to put all of the stuff up my wife is going to say "Well then why don't you just go read a damned book and I'll finish this by myself"
Those words are music to my ears but I have too much Southern Baptist guilt in me to be able to read while she does the grunt work. The sooner we both finish the sooner I can read and she can scurry off to those after Christmas sales.

I hope you all had a good holiday.