Immeasurably More

... so I can read Ogden Nash.

"Bibliophilia is sometimes called bibliomania but should not be confused with the obsessive-compulsive disorder by that name, which involves the excessive accumulation and hoarding of books." Wikipedia, Book Collecting For those who may not yet have heard, my parents will be moving to a new smaller place at the end of the summer. For years, by leaving everything in the bedrooms we slept in as teenagers, my brother and I have deferred the hard decisions about keeping (or not) "things we can't live without" and "things we can't live without only after Mom has reminded us again that they exist". But all that has to end now and we are taking a page from the current administration's playbook and throwing money at the problem, or rather, at a '5 X 10' X 8' storage unit. My work began today by helping to bring shelving to the storage unit and starting to go through my share of books stored in closets, on shelves, and in boxes in the gar...

I have been informed by my mother that my last post was pathetic. At least she's reading my blog. It shows she cares. And while I'm in the US, I'm reading the papers because I care. There are two stories right now that demonstrate how what gets reported reflects what's important to people in different regions of the world. The first is the World Cup currently being played for in South Africa. The second is the deep sea oil well dumping gas into the Gulf of Mexico. In England, the World Cup is what you might call A BIG DEAL. On Friday, the large screen in one of our office conference rooms was appropriated for viewing of the opening game. The first game England played was against the US. The game started roughly about the time I landed in Boston and when I got to my hotel, I turned on ESPN to see if it was showing. There was baseball. And lacrosse. And I got lucky and caught one of those "what's going on in sports while you're watching this" ...

Dear Reader, I feel I owe you an apology for my long blogging absence. I'm sorry. And now on to other things. I have just returned from a week long vacation in Malta. The sunburn on my nose is fading. Today I am flying to Boston for a two week US visit. Get in touch if you want contact details. I left my spare keys with a co-worker and begged her to water my plants so there should be no further herbal deaths on my conscience. There will be more details about both trips forthcoming. I promise. ~~~ LeAn