So it's been a while since I last posted. Nothing much has happened, as usual.
Big news is grandma's been sick for about two weeks. She's starting to get over it, but it's sapped a lot of her strength, so I'm trying to be there for her even more, doing anything she needs done around the house so she won't wear herself to a frazzle.
Had a dentist appointment today, but it was just a short consultation. The treatment has shown some marked improvement, so we're going to attempt to wean me off the daytime appliance. If I don't need it anymore, that's good. If any of the previous symptoms of pain return, we might have to look at making a permanent, more longer-lasting one. The night time appliance stays forever though, since it is there to prevent me from grinding my teeth down any further.
When we got back home, we were stopped by a rather scarily perky girls selling magazine subscriptions. Since we're too nice to refuse, we bought one... in my name. I just hope we don't regret this. >>;
Bought a couple new books on Tuesday...
A Devil's Chaplain (Richard Dawkins) - The first collection of essays from renowned scientist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins is an enthusiastic declaration, a testament to the power of rigorous scientific examination to reveal the wonders of the world. In these essays Dawkins revisits the meme, the unit of cultural information that he named and wrote about in his groundbreaking work The Selfish Gene. Here also are moving tributes to friends and colleagues, including a eulogy for novelist Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: correspondence with the evolutionary biologist Steven Jay Gould: and visits with the famed paleoanthropologists Richard and Maeve Leakey at their African wildlife preserve. The collection ends with a vivid note to Dawkin's ten-year-old daughter, reminding her to remain curious, to ask questions, and to live the examined life.
Darwin's Dangerous Idea (Daniel C. Dennett) - In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeccable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day.
And, at last, after several people in Chat poked and prodded me, I have created my MAL. I put a lot of anime in "Plan to Watch", some are ones I haven't seen at all, some are ones I've partially seen, but I just couldn't remember how far I'd gotten in them, so I lumped them all together.
