2006-02-03

Week 5, Book 6: Blink

Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Malcolm Gladwell may just about be my favorite non-fiction author—though he's neck-and-neck with Simon Winchester.

  • Our daughter's insulin pump arrived today. I've been looking at pictures on their website and in their marketing materials, and got to see one in person a couple of weeks ago, and somehow I'm still amazed at how small this thing it. It's just about the same size as my new cell phone (a Samsung x495).
  • Speaking of Abbey, we had a date night tonight. My wife had dinner with a friend of hers, so Abbey and I went out to Macaroni Grill. We spent the better part of dinner doing math problems on the paper tablecloth.
  • I am finally starting to grok Eclipse. Having a laptop that is capable of running it helps. :-)
  • I bought an ounce of Rishi jasmine white tea the last time I went to Whole Foods, and I have to say that I'm somewhat disappointed by white tea. I guess I'm used to the tannic kick of black tea—even green tea seems a little weak to me. Antioxidants, however, are a good thing, so I think I'm going to try blending in some oolong.

1 comments:

Claudia said...

That's great that you and Abbey were able to have your own daddy/'lil princess night out. Those are nights that are kept in the warmest part of our memorires. Almost got a little misty eyed there for a sec. ;-)

I've been super lazy w/my reading so you know you get mad props from me for keeping on your 52 books in 52 weeks challenge. I saved your other list of suggested books to ponder w/Jems for our next book club book and hopefully you'll be able to suggest a couple of your faves from this challenge of yours so that I can narrow down the books w/potential.