Well, yesterday I finished cleaning and packing, checked out of my room, and went on my merry way. Sherman's only three hours away (two and a half if I don't get stuck behind a semi going 55 in a 70... *grumbles* freaking two lane highways), so it's not too hard to load everything up, drive for a little, and be home. I can't tell... either not much has changed or I've changed enough to compensate. My brother hasn't been in this house during the summer since his sophomore or junior year in high school, I think. Cassie convinced him to go work at a camp all summer, so it's not that strange being the only one around. Although it is weird that my parents and I will be going to see them and their new house on Sunday. But that doesn't exactly effect me directly... it's not like I'm an uncle (or will be any time soon). Gah. That's a disturbing thought. I dunno. Things probably don't seem too different because I spend so much time on my computer or by myself in some other capacity. That's how things have always been around here, and that's how they are now.
Ah, well. I finally finished Le Morte d'Arthur last night. If you ever care to read it, I would suggest the translation by Keith Baines. It's all modern prose, except for a few things (such as inscriptions and the last two paragraphs) that are in horribly middle English. "Here is the ende of the hoole book of Kyng Arthur and of his noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table... and here is the ende of the deth of Arthur." All in all, a very good read.
Hmm. Now I can start On the Shoulders of Giants which begins with Copernicus' On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres. The book also includes Galileo's Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences, Kepler's Harmony of the World, book five, Newton's Principia, and selections from Einstein's The Principle of Relativity. Clearly, Wheeler needs to read this. I still need to find a copy of Euclid, though...
Posted by Gallagher at May 7, 2004 09:53 AM