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I let you in on a little secret. Part of me wants to be a designer. I wish I could draw. I wish I could be very creative and be a professional creative. One problem, I’m really not that good. I saw this video on Youtube that gives me just a small ray of hope that maybe someday my skills will improve: Basically the gist of the video is that everyone goes through a phase of work that they know sucks. It takes years of practice to get past this phase and get to a point where we are good. My problem is that I spend so much time looking for perfect, when good enough will do.

My family gave me a Kindle for my birthday, and while I haven’t used it too much, it is starting to become a device I use more and more. The big problem for me is the cost of digital books. I have a huge library. I’ve spent lots of money on books over the years. Mostly tech books. These books were expensive to buy for stacks of paper, roughly $30 a piece (some more, some less). The problem is that I don’t get a digital copy of the material when I purchase the book, so if I want to read the same book on my kindle I have to buy it again (usually spending another $30). ...

My good friend Jessica went to South Carolina for vacation and was kind enough to mail me a post card: