Snow Day Part Deux
Feb. 2nd, 2007 01:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
angela_oThere was even less snow than previously, but the forecast was ominous so yesterday was another snow day. I have to say that they are still two of the most beautiful words in the English language. The kids did manage to make a bigger snowman this time. Although all the rest of the snow melted once the precipitation turned to rain and it's rather sad looking out in the yard without a snow field to stand in.
One of the best things about days out of your routine is that they give you a chance to be indolent. So, in that vein, here's what I accomplished on my snow day (along with eating some of the chocolate chip cookies that J made).
#15 is Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell(Feb/07). I really enjoyed The Tipping Point so I was looking forward to this one and it lived up to my expectations. In this book Gladwell examines split-second decision making and how accurate it can be and how it can go disastrously wrong. I found it fascinating.
#16 is Sex Wars: A Novel of the Turbulent Post-Civil War Period by Marge Piercy(Feb/07). I'm not sure how well this worked as a sustained narrative, but the history was enthralling. A look at the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull, Anthony Comstock, and a composite Jewish female immigrant with guest appearances by everyone from Frederick Douglass to Cornelius Vanderbilt. My knowledge base on the history of women's suffrage and the Comstock Laws was fairly shallow so I found this very interesting and informative.
One of the best things about days out of your routine is that they give you a chance to be indolent. So, in that vein, here's what I accomplished on my snow day (along with eating some of the chocolate chip cookies that J made).
#15 is Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell(Feb/07). I really enjoyed The Tipping Point so I was looking forward to this one and it lived up to my expectations. In this book Gladwell examines split-second decision making and how accurate it can be and how it can go disastrously wrong. I found it fascinating.
#16 is Sex Wars: A Novel of the Turbulent Post-Civil War Period by Marge Piercy(Feb/07). I'm not sure how well this worked as a sustained narrative, but the history was enthralling. A look at the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull, Anthony Comstock, and a composite Jewish female immigrant with guest appearances by everyone from Frederick Douglass to Cornelius Vanderbilt. My knowledge base on the history of women's suffrage and the Comstock Laws was fairly shallow so I found this very interesting and informative.
