Kindle

I am excited about The Kindle (less excited about the $400 price tag, but that's neither here nor there.)

I am a bibliophile. I read constantly, but taking books with me everywhere is heavy and a hassle. I also have a tendency to leave them places, which makes me VERY angry. Once I finish a book, if I am away from my house or away from a store I am basically stuck with nothing to read. This leaves me reading things like a 2 year old Spin magazine at the Ford house or a 5 year old Reader's Digest at the doctor's office. Is Kindle the answer? Maybe.

While I am excited about Kindle, and I do hope it takes off, it also kind of saddens me. I can't help but make the connection of Kindle - Kindling - Fire - Burning books - Fahrenheit 451 - end of books as we know them now. There is nothing better in the world than going to a bookstore, smelling the paper and ink, and purchasing a great book to curl up with. Will reading be as great as it is without this experience? Would Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have felt as great without the heft of all 700-plus pages?

I am anticipating the first reviews. It seems amazon did not let any out into the tech world for the bloggers to review. Will I buy one now? Not likely. Later, maybe, let's see how the story unfolds.

Oops.

So, I suck at NaBloPoMo. I failed to post every day.

I have made my peace with that though. I realized that in the haste to post every day I wasn't posting much and it's really quality over quantity right?

That being said, I am glad I attempted NaBloPoMo, because it did make me blog more and I did get some clarity out of a few of my blogs.

Anyway, I will still be posting here regularly as well as at my livejournal, which is pretty much friends only...so for those of you who have been reading, stick around. I promise to get more interesting.

Parallels between my life and Harry Potter

We have an open position at my job. We have had it for quite some time.

Lately, HR has really been ramping up efforts to get the position filled, but for some reason it doesn't seem meant to be. Two interviews in a row now have been canceled due to the interviewees just randomly not showing up. These are people who are actively seeking employment, people who confirmed the times and completed phone interviews before they were supposed to come in.

My theory? I am starting to believe that the last guy who held the job (who was let go) put a Voldemort-like curse on the position and it is now never to be filled.

Learn something, give something.

We have all done the "clicks for charity", but here is a charitable site that will help you improve your vocabulary, figure out how smart you are on a scale of 1-50, and of course, feed the hungry.

Get clicking!!

God bless us, everyone!

My neighbors have already decorated for Christmas. They have a blow-up bear with present, a Christmas tree made of lights, and lights on their house so far. They inflate/turn on the decorations nightly.

I was going to take a picture of it, post it here and make some smart ass rant about how it is too early, about how my other neighbors still have Halloween decorations up, but as I pulled up to my parent's house today I realized the people who gave me life 22 years ago today have already hung their Christmas lights.

So, here's to Christmas before Veteran's Day!

Google ads knows too much.

I was reading a friend's ad-funded LJ and I came to the realization that it kind of weirds me out how well Google ads works.

The ads at the top of the journal were for "Debate team gear!" This wouldn't have weirded me out at all if I was reading an entry about debate teams or debate in general, but I wasn't. In fact, the only debate team related activity that had happened on my computer in the last 15 minutes was an e-mail to my old debate coach about my availability to judge a debate tournament for him.

That is pretty creepy.

Birthday gifts!

So far for my birthday I have been given:

* A digital camera
* A chicken fried steak
* A package of Scantrons

With two days left to go, this is shaping up to be a good haul...lol.

Five years off.

You Are 27 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?