Cold, confounding, and calculating...

Damn! It's cold this morning! I had to wear a scarf AND gloves! How embarassing! *laugh*

I gave up reading "Road Less Traveled" by M. Scott Peck. The first section was good. He's a pscyhologist and he made some very good points and provided some good advice that almost anyone can use regarding getting off your ass and doing something that you know you should or want to do. *laugh* But then he started getting mystical and preachy and although I like that sometimes (it's always good to challenge your beliefs and read about something you don't wholeheartedly believe in already) he was not doing it very well. It just bothers me when a work tries to convince me of something by assuming it in the first place. I don't know. Anybody out there read it and get something out of it past Section 1? Tell me about it...

I've started on a book called "Making Mice" by Karen A. Rader. It's very good so far. It's an interesting look at the process between 1900 and 1955 of 'developing' a standardized mouse to use for scientific experimentation and the results of that process, socially and scientifically. Particularly in this day of animal rights activism and scientific impact on society, it's important to remember what happened to get us here, learn what really goes on beyond lab doors, and see the politics involved in what should be an objective function in the world. Check it out.