One thing on my to do list this week was to collect a stack of books from around the house that I've started or wanted to start but not finished, and put them all in one location so I can work on reading them in a more organized fashion. Since I have so much free time to read in. Ha. It turns out the stack is a bit deeper than I thought it would be. It contains in no particular order:
- Christ and Culture - Reinhold Neibuhr
- A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
- Who's Afraid of the Old Testament God? - Alden Thompson
- The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life - Twyla Tharp
- The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together - Twyla Tharp
- I'll Tell you a Tale - Frank Dobie
- Adventures with a Texas Naturalist - Roy Bedichek
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - David Allen
- Nickeled and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich
- Talent is Overrated - Geoff Colvin
- The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Light Princess - George MacDonald
- Christmas in Plains - Jimmy Carter
- Parallells and Paradoxes - Daniel Barenboim and Edward W. Said
- The Storyteller's Daughter - Saira Shah
- A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece - Jane Jacobs
- Parenting with Love and Logic - Foster Cline and Jimmy Fay
- Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds - Ping Fu
- The Magic Years - Selma Fraiberg
- A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen - Freya Stark
- Organizing Your Day: Sandra Felton and Marsha Sims
- The Texas Rangers - Walter Prescott Webb
Anyway, if you can't get ahold of me, it's because I'm reading like there's no tomorrow.
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This is unrelated but true. I hate toothpaste. This was brought to my attention again on Tuesday when I tried out my new electric toothbrush. I've never liked brushing my teeth, and this noisy monstrosity does not make it better. It combines the two things I hate most about tooth care: toothpaste and that stupid vibrating polisher thing they use at the dentist. Anyway, I can vouch for the fact that after using the electric toothbrush and flossing, one's teeth are quite clean. Also, here's a bit of free advice that may save you a lot of money some day: if you're in your late teens or early twenties and hate brushing your teeth (thereby doing so as infrequently as you think you can get away with) and also eat candy every day, and you want to save money by not going to the dentist for ten years, don't follow your inclinations. Your mother probably told you to brush your teeth before you go to bed, and to go to the dentist at least once a year, and that you shouldn't eat candy every day, but if you didn't listen to her maybe you can listen to me. You won't get away with it forever. I discovered that the hard way a few years ago and wish I'd listened to my mother.
The End.
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This is unrelated but true. I hate toothpaste. This was brought to my attention again on Tuesday when I tried out my new electric toothbrush. I've never liked brushing my teeth, and this noisy monstrosity does not make it better. It combines the two things I hate most about tooth care: toothpaste and that stupid vibrating polisher thing they use at the dentist. Anyway, I can vouch for the fact that after using the electric toothbrush and flossing, one's teeth are quite clean. Also, here's a bit of free advice that may save you a lot of money some day: if you're in your late teens or early twenties and hate brushing your teeth (thereby doing so as infrequently as you think you can get away with) and also eat candy every day, and you want to save money by not going to the dentist for ten years, don't follow your inclinations. Your mother probably told you to brush your teeth before you go to bed, and to go to the dentist at least once a year, and that you shouldn't eat candy every day, but if you didn't listen to her maybe you can listen to me. You won't get away with it forever. I discovered that the hard way a few years ago and wish I'd listened to my mother.
The End.
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