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So I really am going to attempt this 365 day blogging thing. You might have noticed though that this, my first post for 2008, is happening on the 2nd. You’d think if I were to take this thing seriously I’d have posted yesterday. Allow me to explain.

1. 365 days is a lot. By missing the first day I am sending a message to myself that says “dear self, don’t stress about this. in fact, don’t even do it.”
2. I was basically in airports all day yesterday. There was wifi, but since I don’t have a VPN to go through I wasn’t about to login to my blog on an insecure network.
3. I could have blogged when I got home, but I was too tired to think.
4. I finally finished Mere Christianity. Oh wait, this isn’t a reason.

I really did finish the book though. It took me forever. I blow through most novels pretty quickly, but books like Mere Christianity are slower reading.

So the book is amazing. I had plenty disagreements throughout the book, but overall it was awesome. Most of my disagreements came from differences in beliefs surrounding the nature of God. I believe God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost to be 3 distinct individuals (though one in purpose and everything else), while most of Christianity believes them to be one being with three personalities (C.S. Lewis calls it the “Three-Personal God”). If you’re curious about my belief in the Godhead click here to read about it. If you want to learn more about Christianity I heartily recommend you get Mere Christianity.

Oh, and Happy New Year!

A month ago I posted a super confusing quote from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I’m now reading Through the Looking-Glass and came across this funny gem yesterday:

‘I’m sure I’ll take you with pleasure!’ the Queen said. ‘Twopence a week, and jam every other day.’

Alice couldn’t help laughing, as she said, ‘I don’t want you to hire ME–and I don’t care for jam.’

‘It’s very good jam,’ said the Queen.

‘Well, I don’t want any TO-DAY, at any rate.’

‘You couldn’t have it if you DID want it,’ the Queen said. ‘The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday–but never jam to-day.’

‘It MUST come sometimes to “jam to-day,”‘ Alice objected.

‘No, it can’t,’ said the Queen. ‘It’s jam every OTHER day: to-day isn’t any OTHER day, you know.’

‘I don’t understand you,’ said Alice. ‘It’s dreadfully confusing!’

‘That’s the effect of living backwards,’ the Queen said kindly: ‘it always makes one a little giddy at first–’

- Through the Looking Glass, Chapter V, Wool and Water

I really have nothing to say about this, other than it made me laugh… like this: hahaha!

I haven’t been so excited about a new product in a long time. As cool as the iPhone is, it’s just a way-cooler-than-previous-phones phone. The Amazon Kindle, on the other hand, is something completely new to most people: a wireless reading device.

“Wait, a wireless reading device? That’s not new.”

Ah, but you’re thinking about reading on your phone or PDA. This thing is using electronic paper.

“What?”

Exactly. I find this thing so dang nifty because:

A) I doubt most people even know that there’s such a thing as electronic paper (even though Sony has their eReader).
B) Previous electronic paper devices didn’t have free included wireless that lets you download new books any time you want.
C) No, it’s not Wifi. The thing operates on the cell phone network (Sprint I think?) so it works anywhere a normal cell phone will work.
D) The battery lasts forever. Well, long enough to read War and Peace on one charge anyway.

OKAY so I’ve never actually USED one of these things. I can’t wait to read/hear consumer reviews and see what people actually say about it. If it’s as cool as the videos on the Kindle product page make it look, I just might sell my bed to buy it.

I like to read.