Oct 12
I’m bringing back my mini-news roundups. Today’s headlines of interest to me:
- Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize: Former vice president Al Gore and a United Nations panel that monitors climate change were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for their work educating the world about global warming and advocating for political action to control it. [more at Washington Post]
- D.C. gay police unit remains in transition: The well-liked former commander of the Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit of the D.C. Metro Police has been promoted to a new leadership role as the District’s chief of police continues to implement major structural changes throughout the department. [more at Washington Blade]
- Metro Board Delays Discussion of Fare Hikes: Metro board members voted yesterday to delay for two weeks consideration of proposals to raise fares to give them more time to consider three plans they put forth as alternatives to one recommended by General Manager John B. Catoe Jr. [more at Washington Post]
- Pop Geek Jonathan Coulton Succeeds by Giving Music Away: Early in geek troubadour Jonathan Coulton’s set, with the audience singing along with every song, one advantage of giving away your music becomes readily apparent: The fans know all the words. [more at Wired]
I have this weird habit of buying a bunch of books and either I start reading them without finishing, or I don’t read them at all. This occurred to me the other day when I brought home yet another three books. There are books sitting on my shelf which I bought last year and still haven’t gotten through.
Time for a new project!
I decided to take a few of my unread treasures and get through them this summer. The first three I already started on:
I also have three I haven’t touched yet:
At some point, the final Harry Potter book
will get thrown in as well.
That makes a total of seven books. My goal, if i choose to accept it, will be to get through as many of them as possible by Labor Day (September 3, 2007). Less than three months to get through seven books. Yikes!
Well, if I can manage some 8,000+ songs….
And PS, on a somewhat unrelated note: Even when it’s not forever, it’s hard to say goodbye to someone.