An old friend
by tdaxp ~ January 14th, 2009
Today went extraordinarily well.
I played badminton with an old friend who is an occasional contributor to the comment sections of this blog, and enjoyed it immensely.
I also had a meeting with my advisor (the chair of my doctoral committee), which went much better than I could have hoped. I now transition from working on what I had been calling a pre-proposal to a proposal, which is one of the last stages in the Ph.D. program. So good for me!
I also have been impressed with John Scalzi‘s books, Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades. Amazon’s audiobooks seem to be handled through Audible, which I subscribed to years ago (before I came to UNL). I enjoyed the series, and I saw that even with Audible’s prices (which are cheaper than iTunes), I would save money subscribing a month at a time rather than buying audiobooks individually.
Lo and behold, I enter a username and password… and there pops up my old account, which I had from 2001 to 2004! Very cool. I can even redownload any of the old books, if I want. I remember listening to audible on a Rio PMP 300. Audible, my old friend.
But for now: on to The Last Colony!
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January 14th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Looks like an interesting read, I was a fan of the Dune series so I’ll definitely add these onto my Amazon Wishlist.
January 16th, 2009 at 9:42 am
That’s “Lo and behold”
The Scalzi series is great. I could not put the books down.
January 16th, 2009 at 11:05 am
I’m listening to the unabridged audio while exercising or commuting. Right now I am a quarter of the way through The Last Colony, the third book in the series.
Lex, have you read The Sagan Diary? Is the novella any good?