It’s been very hot in Portland the last few days but it cooled down today. On Monday, we set a new high (102) the venus factor for June in Portland. Usually it’s still raining in June so I think this is a nice departure for us. It’s back down to the 80s today, though, which makes for a much nicer bike ride to work.
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Bike odometer: 6410 miles
Current reading: The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
Recent listening: DrugMusic, Leonard Cohen, The Game by Queen
Recent viewing: My Life on the D-List, Thief
Recent playing: Poker Room, Bust-A-Move
Recently accomplished: Installed air conditioner, paid bills
Imperative To Do: Call Sears, bike repairs, get watch fixed, truck shopping, Internet for Graham’s room
Cool link: Secondhand smoke debate ‘over’: An interesting article about secondhand smoke in USA Today.
I see you’re now reading about the Illuminatus. So did you like Dan Brown’s “Angels and Demons?” I thought it was WAY better than “The DaVinci Code.”
A co-worker describes Dan Brown as a “guilty pleasure”, which I think is apropos. I don’t know if it’s better than the Da Vinci Code but it certainly is similar. It’s almost like he used A&D as a template for DVC. I thought the ending to A&D was too much of a twist, although I liked how he reviewed the previous scenes to show the story was consistent with the twist. By that I mean I appreciated how he revisited the pivotal scene and that he revisited it. His writing is not usually that clever.