(Not that Mayo Clinic!)

Greetings from sunny Rochester, MN.  Actually, it’s not that sunny at the moment, but yesterday it was sunny and a mere 90 degrees.  It’s been great to relax and play with the in-laws 18-month-old pup, who is now, uncharacteristically, crashed out behind Emily here in the living room.  We’ll post some pictures over at Flickr shortly.

One of the great things about vacation for me is what Em call the reading orgy.  I finished WWW:Wake and have now started The Dark River.  Wake was great the whole way through, but a little cliinical and detached – until the end.  The end was strong, moving, personal; it made me very excited for the next book, which, I guess, will come out next year.

The Dark River is the second installment of the paranoid 4th Realm trilogy.  The question is, are you being paranoid if what your afraid of actually exists?  In this case, it is the end of privacy and the end of free society as evil manipulators with limitless power and technology seek to stamp out the prohpets who bring enlightenment and combat despotic domination and control.  It’s scary stuff.  I had to wait until this morning to actually start reading.

Phinally, the Phillies pulled out a dramatic 9th inning come-from-behind victory last night, thanks to Shane Victorino’s salami!  That almost makes up for Wednesday night when we shivered and they lost.