CS Lewis

For my anniversary, my wife and I went to the mall together and decided to get each other gifts while the other one was with us. So we basically got to have some input into what our gifts would be. It was really fun. We basically both spent up all of the money we had budgeted on each other at Deseret Book. I got my wife "Wednesday's Letters", and she got me "Men of Valor" and a 2 book compilation of the letters of CS Lewis.

The first one that I read, because it was nice and short was "Men of Valor: The Powerful Impact of a Righteous Man" by Robert L. Millet. It was a pretty good book. It was one of my favorites by Millet. He addresses the importance of the Priesthood, and the importance of using it righteously. One of the biggest things I gained from this book was the difference between the power of the priesthood and power in the priesthood. A very quick read, I would recommend this for any man. It's been a few weeks since I finished it, so I apologize for the rather brief summary.

Since I finished the first one, I've started a little bit on the second book. It is a collection of letters written by CS Lewis to his father, brother and friends. It's been an interesting look into the early life of a brilliant author. I've enjoyed reading about how his schooling went. I am able to empathize with him in large part because he read a lot and was not the star athlete. He seemed to be ostracised by his schoolmates in many instances. I haven't yet gotten to much of the religious thought that I anticipate will pepper his latter years, but it has been fun.

Smart McDonalds Workers

This weekend we wanted to get something quick for a late night dinner after shopping at Walmart. We went to the drive-in at McDonalds. We ordered a couple of burgers, and then my wife said, "And a large fry". I couldn't believe the response. "Is that a French Fry?" What an idiot! I wanted to say something but I just sat with my jaw in my lap, unable to believe what I had just heard. Anyway, just thought that was very strange.

New Computer

For my birthday, my wife gave me one of the best presents I've ever gotten: a new computer! It's an Athlon X2 4200 Dual Core with 2GB of RAM and a new case. It's very attractive and I love it! I have plans for doing some projects on it during my free time at home. I loaded Ubuntu 7.10 on it, and it seems to do most things fairly well. For what I've used it for so far, it screams. Mostly have done email and web browsing so far. Anyway, just thought I'd give that update for anybody who cared.

Also, to update a past post, my Fantasy Football team did fairly well, but ended up in 3rd or 4th place. Kudos to the winners of the league!