This past Saturday was my 32nd birthday. I can’t say that I really did anything spectacular- we went out for lunch and generally I just lazed around. My family all chipped in and gave me gift cards / cash towards an Amazon Kindle, which should arrive by Friday of this week- I’m really anticipating being able to have much of my library in my hand as well as the reduced pricing for the books… it might actually save me money. I didn’t order the Kindle DX- I thought seriously about it, but the form factor is not quite in line with my requirements- also with it being a new product, I would prefer to wait for a while and see how the technical book publishers respond. 

I’ve been reading The Classical World by Robin Lane Fox. It’s a nice general overview of Classical history from Homeric Greece to Hadrian’s Rome. It’s the first book in my classical history reading list. Once I’ve worked through this one, I’ll delve into more depth with texts on various topics. A friend of mine asked if I was on a real History kick lately- I wouldn’t say that this is a new thing, but last year was a good year for new scholarship in the field and my booklist is pretty deep.

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