Rain, rain, Don't go away

After months of drought, we're finally getting rain. I'd forgotten how much I like the sound of raindrops hitting the roof while you're all cozy inside. This isn't enough to end the drought, but at least it's a step in the right direction. It started raining on Wednesday and I was truly stunned to see how quickly lawns and plants started greening up again. Literally within hours of the rain beginning. You forget just how miraculous natural processes are.

Congrats Mel! Looks like your team is in good shape. I'm curious though. Would you feel happier about the Sox sweeping or splitting the games in Colorado so that they could head back to Fenway for the chance to win it all at home?

Finally, just a couple of new books to add to the list.

#151 is World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. I saw this one reviewed by the Times and thought it looked intriguing. It's written as factual narrative with a series of first person interviews. While the zombie aspect was a little out there, I found it's take on how mass populations respond to cataclysmic events to be fascinating. Substitute SARS, avian flu, or a host of other pathogens and you get a *truly* scary prospect.

#152 is Blind Waves by David Gould. This is a near-future look at a world in which the threatened rise of the oceans due to polar ice melting has come to pass and an examination of resultant issues of immigration and racism. It turned out to be more romancey than I'd expected as the earlier work that I'd read by the author was a YA book.

Rain, rain, Don't go away

After months of drought, we're finally getting rain. I'd forgotten how much I like the sound of raindrops hitting the roof while you're all cozy inside. This isn't enough to end the drought, but at least it's a step in the right direction. It started raining on Wednesday and I was truly stunned to see how quickly lawns and plants started greening up again. Literally within hours of the rain beginning. You forget just how miraculous natural processes are.

Congrats Mel! Looks like your team is in good shape. I'm curious though. Would you feel happier about the Sox sweeping or splitting the games in Colorado so that they could head back to Fenway for the chance to win it all at home?

Finally, just a couple of new books to add to the list.

#151 is World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. I saw this one reviewed by the Times and thought it looked intriguing. It's written as factual narrative with a series of first person interviews. While the zombie aspect was a little out there, I found it's take on how mass populations respond to cataclysmic events to be fascinating. Substitute SARS, avian flu, or a host of other pathogens and you get a *truly* scary prospect.

#152 is Blind Waves by David Gould. This is a near-future look at a world in which the threatened rise of the oceans due to polar ice melting has come to pass and an examination of resultant issues of immigration and racism. It turned out to be more romancey than I'd expected as the earlier work that I'd read by the author was a YA book.