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Status check and sort of a book review
Internet is finally back, it's been gone since Monday night, along with TV and the land line. Those two are also back but I missed them a lot less obviously. For a few hours on Tuesday I was able to do with the 4G hotspot, was even able to connect to work, but cell service has been mostly down since midday yesterday. I am glad my folks moved from their old place, it got flooded and has been without power and consequently without heat and hot water since Monday. I faired quite well over all. The only scary moment was yesterday when the power went out and I was worried about the battery on my iPad and possible lack of reading material. All my paper books are still in their sixteen boxes. Power was back on within three hours, however, ConEd was fixing something. They even left a warning message on the phone... that wasn't working.
I divided my time between "The Big Bang Theory" and Rowling's "The Casual Vacancy." Book was a disappointment, btw. It's well written, better written, in fact, than Harry Potter books were, but the topic and how it was presented and treated was banal, preachy, moralizing, formulaic and boring. It certainly takes real skill to create so many unsympathetic characters you can't find one to care for, or hate, even, but I don't think that's usually the goal of a work of fiction. It didn't produce any sudden insight into the state of humanity or human relationships, no answers to any problems or any new questions, no new thoughts, or feelings, or aspirations. Made me want to take an extra shower, but that's about the extent of the impact of "The Casual Vacancy."
I divided my time between "The Big Bang Theory" and Rowling's "The Casual Vacancy." Book was a disappointment, btw. It's well written, better written, in fact, than Harry Potter books were, but the topic and how it was presented and treated was banal, preachy, moralizing, formulaic and boring. It certainly takes real skill to create so many unsympathetic characters you can't find one to care for, or hate, even, but I don't think that's usually the goal of a work of fiction. It didn't produce any sudden insight into the state of humanity or human relationships, no answers to any problems or any new questions, no new thoughts, or feelings, or aspirations. Made me want to take an extra shower, but that's about the extent of the impact of "The Casual Vacancy."
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