I am the one who held you/ I am the one who cried/ I am the one who watched while you died.

I know that I pledged to do better this year, but I must confess that we're not off to a great start. I should be at five books for this year, and I'm only at two. I sort of blame the library on this; I've tried to put a bunch on hold, but none have come in yet. Federal holidays, snow days (seriously, DC, seriously? You are pathetic), etc. have hindered me a bit. I'm reaching the point where I need to be pretty organized about getting books. I'm running out of the easy ones to find.

Sadly, I don't have too much to say about either Bel-Ami or Rob Roy. I did find Rob Roy to be educational, at least. I learned lots about Scottish history and reminded myself about the whole Hanover/Stuart progression with the British Monarchy. The stuff I've forgotten about the British Monarchy (mostly around Richard III, now that I think of it). Bel-Ami, I don't have much to say. I read it after reading a New Yorker article about Roger Ailes (yes, yes, yes, I know: never buy the New Yorker when you are behind on the list), and I felt like there should be some interesting comparisons to make, but mostly I thought Bel-Ami was sort of dull.

I've also been reading this book about Boole and Shannon and the role of Boolean logic in electrical engineering. It was my airplane treat, and it was a lot of fun. And I may have re-read A Ring of Endless Light (and cried).

Oh, this post was boring, you say? Well, here's a picture of me doing static.