Thanks to kmkat for linking to this very thought-provoking article about the “cognitive surplus” being masked by watching tv, and about the shift from simply consuming media (such as tv) to “consuming, producing and sharing” media (such as blogging, Ravelry, lolcats, myspace, etc).

Thanks to Chappysmom for linking to an intriguing article about how shoes destroy the “evolutionary perfection” of the human foot.

Reading Update
Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter by Nancy Atherton. Hey, it could happen – after all, Aunt Dimity is a ghost who communicates through a journal, so why couldn’t there be vampires in this cozy little mystery series?
Dead To Me by Anton Strout. In this new paranormal mystery series featuring psychometrist Simon Canderous, New York City’s Department of Extraordinary Affairs (DEA) keeps busy solving supernatural crimes. I doubt I’ll read the next book in the series – it just didn’t sufficiently engage me.
The Lost Ones (The Veil, Book 3) by Christopher Golden. This was the final book in this series. While I did enjoy it, I got a little cranky about who ended up maimed and/or dead…
House of Cards (The Negotiator, Book 2) by C. E. Murphy. I thought Heart of Stone (The Negotiator, Book 1) was a very good read, but its sequel, House of Cards, was even better. In it, Margrit (“Grit”) becomes increasingly involved in the world of the Old Races and I became increasingly unable to put down this book! I’m already sad that this is only going to be a trilogy.
Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker. I enjoyed the latest Jesse Stone (police chief, Paradise, Massachusetts) mystery – typical clipped Parker fare. Probably only Tink has conversations like the people in Parker’s books!
A Lick of Frost (Meredith Gentry, Book 6) by Laurell K. Hamilton. Well, I think this book managed to cover about 10 hours, which is more time than the last few have managed…
Bloodfever (Fever Series, Book 2) by Karen Marie Moning. Possibly even more compulsively readable than Darkfever. I couldn’t put this down, either. Really good books are so bad for sleep…

Predictable much? 😉
Last week, I happened to notice a certain similarity between some things I recently purchased (left, right) and a bag I’ve had for a while but haven’t used yet (center)…

Spring Update
We did have snow on Saturday. I think Deb had more snow in Chanhassen than we did in Minneapolis. But still, it was a bit disheartening on April 26.

By yesterday, it was sunny and 60F again. I’m ignoring the rain predicted for today, as well as the rain and possible snow predicted for tomorrow night. I guess I’ll just have to look out my north window instead, where a single boxelder tree lives in a mini-greenhouse effect and actually has leaves…

“Y’know, Mom, the leaves aren’t really that interesting. We need more birds!” -Mayhem