Daily Archives: April 10, 2004

BestPlaces.Net

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I did the BestPlaces.Net survey and ended up with:

1 Boston, MA-NH-ME
2 San Francisco, CA
3 Long Island, NY
4 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV
5 Denver, CO
6 Boulder-Longmont, CO
7 New York, NY
8 Danbury, CT
9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
10 Chicago, IL

San Jose, CA (where I grew up) came in at #31. The nearest place to where I actually live came in at #94. Columbus, OH (where I lived before) was #141.

This was not all that surprising because I was raised in an urban culture and I guess I like having certain things around even if I never make use of them. The questions didn’t really talk a lot about the culture though. I have to say that I really love living in a town of 1800 people compared with an urban area. Life is slower, the people are nicer, and I can always find a way to work it out if I’m really desperate for something. I would like to be closer to the Cities, but I’m content for now.

Books

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Ideajoy has created a new thing for b4G peeps called Who Reads What. Basically, it compiles the links to books in the blogs of b4G people. Since I’m a little overdue in blogging about such things, I thought I’d submit a list of some interesting titles. 🙂

What I’ve Read This Year And Would Recommend
+Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken
+The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
+Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
+Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (in progress)
+Libra: The Cat Who Saved Silicon Valley by Lincoln and Lee Taiz
+The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun
+The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun
+ assorted other Lilian Jackson Braun titles
+The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
+The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knitting and Crocheting Illustrated by Barbara Breiter and Gail Diven
+A Can of Peas by Traci Depree

The Best Books I’ve Read on Faith
+Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
+St. Augustine’s Confessions
+The Desert Fathers by Helen Waddell
+The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
+Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
+The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
+What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Phillip Yancey (if you read nothing else, read this one)
+The Jesus I Never Knew by Phillip Yancey
+Soul Survivor by Phillip Yancey
+How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
+Desire of the Everlasting Hills by Thomas Cahill
+A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
+The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Prayer by Mark Galli and James Bell

What I’m Wanting to Read
+Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner
+Rumors of Another World by Phillip Yancey
+Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder/Boxed Set by T.L. Tedrow
+Cubed Foot Gardening by Christopher O. Bird
+Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren F. Winner