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For the first time in quite awhile, I spent much of the evening reading; not technology books or homework, but real recreational reading.

I won an auction on a Sony E-book reader from sonyrewards.com recently. The reader came with several sample books, a free book of my choice and 100 free classics. The classic selection isn't that great, but I think we'll end up with 20 OK books. I may even find something I wouldn't normally read. I decided to let Caryn pick 50 of the books. The display works well on the device. I started with a Monk book, Mr. Monk in Outer Space. I haven't read one of the Monk books before, and it seems to stick with the perspective of Natilie, his assistant. I find the extra internal thoughts of Natalie boring in the book, but it did pick up at crime scenes and with Amberose.

I've read the first ten chapters of the book, or about 275 pages. After I stopped reading that book, I read a sample from Alan Greenspan's book. It was 120 pages. He had an interesting life. His parents divorced when he was young and he was raised by his mother. His father was a stock broker and he also divorced after a year of marriage (first marriage). He knew Ayn Rand for many years and she influenced his life greatly.

Today is the first day of Fall.  It's begun.