Am back in Amersham after a three week trip to India. The vacation (a misnomer) in India was wonderful. So wonderful it was that at one point my body gave up digesting in disgust. A few books I read during the vacation:-
- Temptations of the West by Pankaj Mishra - Very engaging autobiographical sort of book.
- Tom Sawyer and The Innocents Abroad by Twain
- Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L'Amour - Thanks to a note sometime back on Sunil's blog that introduced me to this book.
- The Enigma of Arrival by Naipaul (currently reading)
I'll post a longer list of books I have bought to read later. I took some notes during the vacation to see if I could write a few longer posts or possibly essays. Having read Twain's Innocents Abroad book, I shall no doubt be imitating him in the forthcoming essays. Lame and vain, I shall be.
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Politico quotes a Clinton pollster concern-trolling about Barack Obama taking a vacation in Hawaii, the state he grew up in:
To make up for last month's long delay in posting, I'll knock out this month's recap of Forbes blog posts really quickly. Also, I still have Vacation Brain, so writing anything really new isn't in the cards...
Technically, this is my 500th post at Scienceblogs, although I believe that includes a few I wrote but never published. So, 500 within a slight margin of error. Let us now celebrate this arbitrary milestone!!!!!
And now, on to the post.
Believe it or not, I happen to be on vacation this week. Fear not, it's a stay-at-home vacation (sometimes the best kind) and therefore my vacation doesn't mean I'll stop blogging. In fact, I consider blogging to be part of my recreation.
Welcome back! So you read Tom Sawyer? He's running for a position on the Ohio Board of Education now.
How's the jet lag coming? Did the extra hour on Sunday help or hurt? (You did remember to turn your clock back for the end of daylight savings, didn't you?)
I find it curious that my post on Mark Twain and also on Hindu superstition disappeared. Maybe there is a good reason for that.
But if you missed it, I still suggest that you read "Following the Equator" by Mark Twain.
bernarda, thanks for the suggestion.
Just an added note. You can find it at Project Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/