This entry needs a title: h2g2 ??

first of all a link to a blog entry from Thorsten Markus (Icebridge and Antarctic sea ice) http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/icebridge.blog/posts/post_1255623781994.html

now on to the thing i wanted to talk about today...

I love reading. It is like my favourite thing. You may recall a previous blog to that effect. The other day i confirmed that i am the biggest nerd. Like ever. I was nearly finished my Unseen Academicals (Pratchett) when i popped into town to pick up my 5 season complete set of Andromeda. See. Nerd. Right there. I parked the car so i could walk through the book shop to get to the dvd store. I always do this because you just never know what books might be waiting to catch your eye.

As luck would have it (i say you have to make your own luck) i found a book called “And another thing” - the sixth (of three) Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy book. When i first heard about this i was upset and vowed to never buy it (i also said i would never watch stargate atlantis when it came out...but i love it now...*sigh*....now i have to learn to love universe....)

I love the writing of Douglas Adams. I love the jokes. The comments. The pace. Everything. I own various copies of his works. I have the dvd’s and cd’s and also have the original radio series on vinyl. That’s right. ON VINYL. Sadly i threw away my record player (as i like to call ‘em) some years ago...when it really started to shit me off. This was a mistake because even though i KNOW that cd’s sound better and are easier to play in the car (which lets face i is virtually impossible with record players) we now have mp3 players which are even better. But i love listening to real records. My dad has a large collection of country music on vinyl when the local radio station chucked them out when they went digital...that is right...they just gave them to him. Lucky bastard.

Anyway i have started the book (rocky begining at the start and i still haven’t made up my mind). I will have to read a few more chapters before i decide....

I do love the way publishing will be in the future. The whole publish on demand (i.e. lulu.com ). I am going to buy Wil wheaton’s new book this way to see how it goes... http://stores.lulu.com/wilwheaton

I say this because of the difficulty of getting Richard Castle’s ( http://twitter.com/WriteRCastle) book called Heat Wave in australia (i KNOW i could just buy it online but i am trying to support local industry....which is why things like hulu are awesome).

Today i am going to start trawling so i can purchase a new record player....then i can listen to my original HHGTTG albums as a god intended...with purpose and difficulty....and without earphones of any kind.

Goodnight.