mood lights

It got cold.  It’s raining, but there are orange leaves skipping across the sidewalk.

the new reading

I remember hearing an adage some time ago that went something like “Read a book a month, a magazine a week, and a newspaper a day”. I have no idea who that saying can be attributed to, but I always thought it was a good idea. I read the WSJ almost every day, I read a magazine or two a month, but I don’t really read a book a month. So what have I been reading?

• Get Rich Slowly. This guy has some great advice. Plus, it is usually geared toward the younger crowd and it helpful for people getting ready to graduate from college, who are looking for a job, and who want to become financially stable.
• Financial Advice for my Son. Another financially geared website.
• The Dilbert Blog. Scott Adams writes the best comic strip that’s currently being written and his blog offers humor and philosophical musing that keeps me reading.
• The Uganda Conflict Action Network. Yes, I get Google News updates on Uganda, but this site offers some additonal things and also states where information is coming from.
• Lifehacker. Lifehacker is just fun. It has so much stuff on there that I don’t even subscribe to the main feed, just the Friday one. I check it occasionally through the week, but it really does have some great stuff on there.
• Money and Values. Here’s another real life personal finance blog.
• Joel Maxwell. This guy is working himself out of debt. It’s a great story.
• Ask a Bartender. Hilarious.

Remember, always use a RSS reader to check up on blogs.  Don’t be dumb and always visit them.

I’m going to go read a book.

pencil washing weirdo

I just walked into the bathroom and one of the independents on the hall was standing at the sink washing three pencils. Pencils. The wood kind that you insert into a pencil sharpener. Pencils.

If you can think of any reason why this isn’t extremely weird, let me know.

things that intrigued me today

1. Why do people steal paintings?  Yes, they are worth money, but they are paintings.  Let the rest of us look at them.
2. Google Transit is really cool.  The thing that makes it really sweet is that Pittsburgh is one of the cities that it works for.  This would have been really cool to have when I lived in Pittsburgh and rode the bus everywhere I went.
3. Who knows, maybe Dan Brown is right.  They’re going to be doing some scans on the Mona Lisa.  I don’t think they are going to find any mysteries there.  And while, we’re on Dan Brown, I hate him for strictly literary reasons.
4. I was wondering what would happen if I died to my email accounts.  Would someone be given access?  Would they be forever lost?  Would my emails be published one day in some sort of volume of my personal correspondence?  Now I know.
5. I really enjoy the BBC News.
6. Santorum is going to lose to Casey.  This is interesting.
7. While we are on the subject of art, who know that Hitler was actually a painter, not a dictator?  I think the paintings are quite good.  I need to get around to reading Mein Kampf.  I’ve read the first part of it, but I need to finish it.

That’s all.

why don’t you write me?

• I did homework at a truck stop last night.
• I slept through lunch today, making up for the sleep that I lost last night doing homework at a truck stop.
• Neuch showed up today and took four guys with him for a road trip to a concert in Columbus.  They went to see oh Montreal, who I have never heard of.
• What the heck is a press gaggle?