Re-reading and re-watching

As I might have made clear, I reached the realization that several thousand books make a large personal library.  Further, I faced the fact that many of the books that attracted me, I bought but haven't read.  

I want to emphasize again C.S. Lewis's point that a book can often be read a second or Nth time for a good time and a refresh.  My graduate course for teachers, "Personal Reading for Professional Development" was offered with the idea that teachers in their 50's might enjoy seeing how they felt currently about books they remembered enjoying years earlier.  I never took a poll but my impression is that what I more or less thought would happen generally didn't.  I thought re-reading a book that had been "sexy" or an exciting mystery would seem more mundane.  I got the impression, though, that re-reading a book that was enjoyable ten or more years back was enjoyable again.  

Part of the reaction to re-reading came when we re-watched "You've got mail". At one time, email was a new, exciting and mysterious tool.  The movie is set in that time and re-watching it, emphasized how mysterious it actually still is.

Stretch your memory back and find some book (or movie) that got to you and try it again.  Doing that may be surprising.

From a male-ish point of view

First, let's get the letters straight.  I am writing from a MALE-ish point of view.  An elderly male, at that.  The second letter is "A", not "U".

I add the "ish" because I am not a typical human male.  I am a bit small compared to many other examples.  I am not exceptionally aggressive or outstandingly athletic.  But that is not my topic.

My topic is about what I have experienced, observed, and read about the females of my species.  I have been interested in the females of my species since way, way back in my life.  I have a very clear memory of our family car pulling up in front of our house, probably primed by my grandmother, with my mother bringing our new family member home from the hospital where my little sister was just born.  See, I found out that people say I have a sister because her little body was different from mine.  I found out that she was destined to make other humans inside her body while I was not!

I found out in kindergarten that girls were sometimes more fun than boys, and were generally noticeably nicer and friendlier.  That finding has been extended and verified repeatedly since.

I got my eyes opened even more when we recently read "The Female Brain" by Louann Brizendine, MD. (available in Kindle format right now for $2.99) They got opened again when I read about what I think is a rather basic female experience of Not Wanting Anyone Anywhere to Not LIke Me.  That is a stark contrast to what I read years ago was a typical male hope that all other males feared him. Dr. Brizendine makes clear the enormous influence of hormones on all humans but especially the females who get strong hormones that pull in opposite directions every month for years and years.

Small times

Sometimes, I get interested in the exact time.  Today is July 1, 2024   My computer says it is now 2:46 PM CDT.  Sometimes, we say that a year has 12 months in it and we can name them.  After months 1 to 6, half of the 12 are past.  But this is a leap year so it has an extra day, for a total of 366 days.  So, we have passed through 182 "days" but more than half of this day, Monday, has already gone by.  At the risk of earning a sloppy reputation for accuracy, I will stop poking this topic.  I guess I have been nerdy enough for now.

Don't be too surprised when we discover the year has gone by and we finish with "2024".  I did admit that I have considered this topic before:

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