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Old 07-January-2006, 03:31 PM
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The short answer is, at least one book a day - but I don't finish one book a day, I just read a few pages or chapters or whatever.

I have four school books for the two classes that I'm taking.

One recreation fiction book that I'm about halfway through, but haven't picked up in a week.

I have a lot of pop science books that I bought a few months ago. I've been making pretty good progress going through them (one at a time obviously) and even got my dad to read two of them. I read a few pages each night before going to bed (gives me something to dream about) unless I'm just too tired.

I have several technical books that I have to read in order to stay current at my job. For example, I have the OReilly CSS book at my desk. I already know CSS of course, but if I get stuck (or bored) while programming, I pick up the book and read a bit. I always learn or refresh my memory on something.

I subscribe to two magazines, Discover and Sky and Telescope. S&T runs out soon and I'm not going to renew. Discover though, I really enjoy. This is probably more info than you wanted, but I just keep it in the bathroom and read a page or two while I'm on the can. LOL! We also get lots of computer magazine subscriptions at work so I flip through those during lunch.

I don't read newspapers. I check out a few RSS feeds in the morning to see what the big stories are, and websites like slashdot and fark to get more obscure stuff.

I also don't watch much TV. I watch netflix movies when they come, so about one a week. And I watch the Science channel all night on Tuesday because that's when they do all the astronomy programs. I don't watch drama shows like "24" anymore and I hate reality TV. I do watch Southpark though.

And of course, I have to read the love letters that Candy sends me, but I don't write back because I don't want to encourage her.
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