Tag: Books

Vital Statistics

A fitting combination, I thought.

Today was my first day back on my bike for about a month. The ride to the Max was smooth and dry but I had to wait 20 minutes for the photographer from the Oregonian. Caught the Red Line home which means a longer ride than I like at night and the wind was blowing very strongly from the Gorge. I couldn’t get much over 10 mph most of the way and was very tired when I got home. Listened to The Carter Family on the way to work and Kindred Spirits coming home. A fitting combination, I thought.

Bike odometer: 5631 miles
Current reading: Just A Geek by Wil Wheaton
Recent listening: The Carter Family, Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to Johnny Cash, Imagine/John Lennon
Recent viewing: Medium, CNN/MSNBC coverage of the mining accident, Fiesta Bowl
Recent playing: Falling Sand Game

What I got for Christmas

  • Gift card for Tower Records turned into greatest hits CDs:
    • The Carter Family
    • Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
    • Michael Martin Murphy
  • Box of Botticelli Masterpiece chocolates
  • Crooked Fingers CD
  • Half.com gift certificate turned into CDs
    • Imagine by John Lennon
    • Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
    • Rid of Me by P.J. Harvey
    • House of Large Sizes
  • Half.com gift certificate turned into CDs and books:
    • Especially for You by The Smithereens
    • Fight Songs by Old 97’s
    • Still Feel Gone by Uncle Tupelo
    • No Prima Donna: A Tribute to Van Morrison
    • Postville by Stephen G. Bloom
    • High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
    • Flavius Josephus by Josephus
    • The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
    • The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
  • Update 1/3: I almost forgot that my lovely wife bought matching gear hoodies for me just before Christmas.