I’ve got my first bonspiel of the year starting tomorrow night at 8pm. We’re Team Sethi, if you want to follow along. No live webcams or live scoring though. Regardless of whether we win our first game, we’ll also be playing on Friday at 3pm also.
Curling Starts Tomorrow
October 17, 2007 by BrianCurling Starts Tomorrow
October 17, 2007 by BrianI’ve got my first bonspiel of the year starting tomorrow night at 8pm. We’re Team Sethi, if you want to follow along. No live webcams or live scoring though. Regardless of whether we win our first game, we’ll also be playing on Friday at 3pm also.
Curling Starts Tomorrow
October 17, 2007 by BrianI’ve got my first bonspiel of the year starting tomorrow night at 8pm. We’re Team Sethi, if you want to follow along. No live webcams or live scoring though. Regardless of whether we win our first game, we’ll also be playing on Friday at 3pm also.
More Breakfast, Other Links
October 17, 2007 by BrianApropos of yesterday’s breakfast photos, I ran across this CNN/Cooking Light article on eating a healthy breakfast. I was pleasantly surprised to see that peanut butter is a recommended breakfast food. Unfortunately, we’re out of peanut butter at the moment, so instead, I microwaved a scrambled egg this morning (not sure why I never thought of that before), and had toast with strawberry jam and an apple with my usual coffee. I didn’t take a picture, though I plan on doing that sometime soon. I will have to wait and see if my slightly new breakfast will help with the pre-lunch hunger bug.
There were interesting responses to my questions on what those two people were eating (3 comments were the most I’ve had in a while). I never would have guessed falafel for the first one, but it does look like it could be.
Two other links for you this morning:
Ten videos to change how you view the world. From the TED conference, some fascinating stuff if you have some spare time. I particularly enjoyed Daniel Gilbert’s “Why Are We Happy? Or Not?” talk, and I added his book to my reading list.
In The New, where you follow Jen’s year-long effort to do one new thing every day until she turns 30. Some interesting, some boring, but one thing every day. Impressive.
More Breakfast, Other Links
October 17, 2007 by BrianApropos of yesterday’s breakfast photos, I ran across this CNN/Cooking Light article on eating a healthy breakfast. I was pleasantly surprised to see that peanut butter is a recommended breakfast food. Unfortunately, we’re out of peanut butter at the moment, so instead, I microwaved a scrambled egg this morning (not sure why I never thought of that before), and had toast with strawberry jam and an apple with my usual coffee. I didn’t take a picture, though I plan on doing that sometime soon. I will have to wait and see if my slightly new breakfast will help with the pre-lunch hunger bug.
There were interesting responses to my questions on what those two people were eating (3 comments were the most I’ve had in a while). I never would have guessed falafel for the first one, but it does look like it could be.
Two other links for you this morning:
Ten videos to change how you view the world. From the TED conference, some fascinating stuff if you have some spare time. I particularly enjoyed Daniel Gilbert’s “Why Are We Happy? Or Not?” talk, and I added his book to my reading list.
In The New, where you follow Jen’s year-long effort to do one new thing every day until she turns 30. Some interesting, some boring, but one thing every day. Impressive.
More Breakfast, Other Links
October 17, 2007 by BrianApropos of yesterday’s breakfast photos, I ran across this CNN/Cooking Light article on eating a healthy breakfast. I was pleasantly surprised to see that peanut butter is a recommended breakfast food. Unfortunately, we’re out of peanut butter at the moment, so instead, I microwaved a scrambled egg this morning (not sure why I never thought of that before), and had toast with strawberry jam and an apple with my usual coffee. I didn’t take a picture, though I plan on doing that sometime soon. I will have to wait and see if my slightly new breakfast will help with the pre-lunch hunger bug.
There were interesting responses to my questions on what those two people were eating (3 comments were the most I’ve had in a while). I never would have guessed falafel for the first one, but it does look like it could be.
Two other links for you this morning:
Ten videos to change how you view the world. From the TED conference, some fascinating stuff if you have some spare time. I particularly enjoyed Daniel Gilbert’s “Why Are We Happy? Or Not?” talk, and I added his book to my reading list.
In The New, where you follow Jen’s year-long effort to do one new thing every day until she turns 30. Some interesting, some boring, but one thing every day. Impressive.
Breakfast
October 16, 2007 by BrianVia Kottke, a fascinating photo set of people and their breakfasts. I found it interesting to see how the people who had just coffee looked more tired and ragged than those who ate more proper breakfasts. Mine is usually a bowl of cereal (this week I’m indulging and having Crunch Berries, shut up, they’re delicious!) with a banana cut on top, with black coffee on the side. I may have to have the old PB on toast though, and the bacon on a cream cheese bagel looks delectable.
Side note: Can anyone tell me what these two people are eating?
Not a Book Review
October 16, 2007 by BrianHow about a break from book reviews for a while? I’ve been chugging through those pretty well lately, and I’m pretty close to a pace that would put me at 52 for the year, or one book a week, which I never thought I’d be able to do. We’ll see if I can keep it up.
It’s been a busy month already, with a ton of birthdays (plus one more baby that was born last Thursday, congrats to Playground Mom!), and it’s going to get busier this week with the first curling bonspiel of the year. I’m playing with a guy that I played with before, and we’re forming up a team that will travel to beautiful Schenectady, NY for the Dykes bonspiel. The Dykes is for players with 5 years or less of experience, and since I sat out last year, I have one more year of eligibility. I’m excited about our chances, hopefully we’ll have a good team.
Of course, I’m still playing baseball on Sundays. Last week, we played a bunch of high schoolers, all of whom could throw harder than any of us. I struck out twice, once on a good AB, the second on a pitch up in my eyes, then grounded to short, and then beat out a chopper to third. We played them close but still ended up losing. This Sunday could be interesting if our curling team makes it to play in a final, while I also have a 9am baseball game. Unfortunately, the Redskins also play at 1pm on Sunday, and FedEx Field is smack dab in between the baseball field and the curling club. Ugh.
Congrats to the Rockies, who defied all odds and continued their hot streak all the way to the World Series. I sucked in my playoff picks, didn’t I? Go Indians! Beat the Red Sox!
Not to jinx anything, but how bout them Giants? 4-2 after an awful 0-2 start. If we could just stop Eli from throwing stupid picks in the last 2 minutes of a half, I’d feel a lot better. Even so, we have very winnable games at home against San Fran, and in London against Miami before a bye week and a rematch against the Cowboys at home. That is shaping up to be a huge game for the NFC East if things keep up.
Look for another book review later this week!
The City of Ember (Books of Ember)
October 15, 2007 by Brian
One way to get through reading a lot of books is to read so-called “youth” targeted fiction. I’ve read a few this year, and they have been good stories, even if they don’t require large vocabularies and a lot of time. City of Ember is no exception. The people of Ember live in a dark world, and rely on an increasingly cranky generator powered by a river to keep their lights going. When the lights go out, they are enveloped in complete darkness. Luckily, the “Builders” have an escape plan, but the problem is that few know about it, and no one can find it. And when someone does, it is quickly gummed by an exuberant toddler (boy, can I relate to that!), obscuring the instructions. The characters are fairly one-dimensional, but it’s an entertaining story and a quick read (for adults anyway). There is youth fiction beyond Harry Potter.
About the only bad thing I can say about this book is that I now feel obligated to read its sequel, People of Sparks, so that I can finish the story. But that will come later. Next up is The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue.
Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
October 13, 2007 by Brian
Molly Ivins, the famous Texan journalist, passed away earlier this year, and I promised I would finally get around to reading one of her books. This one is focused on George W. “Shrub” Bush, during the 2000 campaign. It really does shed a good deal of light on how he managed to bumble his way into the Presidency with every step of his life. Seriously, the only thing you can say about the guy is that he knows how to use his name to make money. Everything from his failed oil ventures, to his ownership of the Texas Rangers, to his short and unproductive reign as governor of Texas is addressed. And while Ivins’ bias is obvious and she probably overlooks some of Ann Richards’ shortcomings as well, she lays out a clear indictment of Bush and pretty much everything he’s done.
Next up is City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, soon to be a major motion picture starring Bill Murray.
