The day before yesterday I started in on David Foster Wallace’s book Infinite Jest. I can already see that it is going to be an Illuminatus! Trilogy sort of book, one that warps my brain and kicks it up and down the block a little. This is good.
I’m sitting in my car, in the parking lot at work, finishing up lunch and reading. It is absolutely gorgeous outside. I just captured a bug. I don’t know for sure but I think he might be an emerald ash borer. Nope. I looked it up. Not an emerald ash borer. Turns out the little guy is a tiger beetle. I let him go out of the car in the parking lot and he immediately died. Maybe the pavement was too hot? Poor little fella.
As you may or may not know, I semi-recently took over the responsibilities of webmaster for Humanists of Minnesota. In a conversation with Scott Lohman, the president of that august organization, I suggested that perhaps author James Morrow might be a good guest on the MN Atheists weekly radio program. I also told him that I had corresponded with Mr. Morrow in the past and he seemed like a really good guy. I gave Scott the email address and didn’t hear anything else about it until I was listening to podcasts on my iPhone the other day and what should I hear but James Morrow on the MN Atheists radio show being interviewed by Scot Lohman!!! Woohoo! How awesome is that? I think to myself, boy I’d like to hear an interview with one of my favorite authors and blammo, there one is.
So that was exciting.
In other exciting news, I recently completed a 20 1/4 mile hike over the course of two and a half days on the Superior Hiking Trail with my brother-in-law and cousin-in-law. I had never hiked that far or carried that much gear or backpacked overnight or slept I a tarp-covered hammock or caught trout and ate them for lunch on the trail. There were many firsts and it was awesome.
After I got home I took another vacation with Syd and Es and Trent up to Hideout Resort in Blackduck for a week of fishing. I caught a 4 1/2 pound largemouth bass. Yeehah!
Been a great summer so far.
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