There’s certainly nothing I can say about what happened this morning in London. When I turned the tv on and saw the horrific images…well, it was upsetting. Obviously. London is one of my favorite places, if not my favorite. And my heart goes out to the people of London, and all of Britain.
I keep forgetting that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is coming out in the very near future. I finally did get around to preordering my copy, but it just keeps slipping my mind. There was an interesting story on the NY Times site about the security surrounding its release; apparently there are a lot fewer leaks this go-around than there were for Order of the Phoenix. Anyway, this means I need to get a move on and finish the book I’m currently reading and at least start my book for book club, which meets July 28. Because I know I’ll be spending that weekend just reading Harry Potter. Blast! I just remembered that I have HOSC all day Sunday. Well, that will eat into my reading time.
In other news, my boss surprised me this morning with one of the coolest office supplies in the world. I love Post-It so much. This is genius, people, pure genius.
Current song in my head:
“Sounds of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel
One of the unique aspects of going to a Pirates game is the pierogy race. It starts on the Jumbotron, watching three or four pierogies racing around Pittsburgh, and ends right there in PNC Park, as they run in toward the finish line. Those wacky Pittsburghians! Pittsburghites? People from Pittsburgh.
I was watching The American Revolution on the History Channel earlier, and like many similar programs, it included excerpts from letters written at the time. As one letter was being read, I knew that it was a John Adams letter. How did I know? They intelligently used William Daniels–who played Adams in the original Broadway production and movie version of 1776–to do the voiceover. Made me very happy.