Impending Adventure

As I prepare to embark on a little three-week adventure, I am contemplating using this blog to communicate some of my forthcoming experiences, in words and photos.

Stay tuned. I don' t yet know how much time or internet access I'll have--or want--where I'm going, so I won't say for sure I'll do something as my friend Craig did on his trip to New Zealand or Pete on his cross-country tour of America's baseball stadiums. But I am inspired by their use of the medium to partially chronicle and communicate their trips.

I depart soon, though mentally and emotionally I am already very tangled up.

Fielder is Home Run Derby winner

Prince Fielder just blasted his way to win the Home Run Derby in St. Louis, including a 503-foot shot to right-center. Congrats, Prince and the Brewers!

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2009/hr_derby_live.jsp

Nonrandom googling

So I googled "Felicia Day Douglas Adams" to see if two of my favorite creative people had any connections unknown to me, and in addition to stumbling upon the fact that somebody is producing or has produced (unclear) a third Dirk Gently radio play as a Hitchhiker prequel, I came upon this woman's blog. She obviously loves books and happens to live in Madison, Wis. Small world. Good books.

http://strange-and-random-happenstance.blogspot.com/

Belated nod to Michael Crichton's death

Here's a blogger's succinct reflection on Crichton's life.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9305