I know all you slow-folks out there are already basking in the rays, and catching up on some reading. In case you were unaware, I read constantly (especially due to the fact that I am cable-less). Below is a short list of some of the books I have read and/or will be reading during this summer. I welcome suggestions for additions.

1. Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie – Definitely an interesting story. Hell, the Ayatollah wanted him dead for this one.
3. The Road to Serfdom by Friedrick Hayek – A classic that was seen as, “heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production.”
4. The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene – An exploration into the origins and implications of string theory. Very readable, and the math is confined to the end notes (because no one in the world really understands it).
5. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel – A little Indian Boy in a lifeboat with a Bengal Tiger? Sounds Epic.
6. Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained by John Milton – If you never heard of it, you should read it. Also, I think it could be the most epic movie ever.
7. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card – A good science fiction novel, very light reading.
8. Knowledge and Decisions by Thomas Sowell – A study on the how knowledge is disseminated in our society

If anyone has any suggestions, offer them up. Also, if you want to learn something new and are too broke to buy books, or too slow to make it to the library, check out the two things I plan on learning this summer: Steven Shreve: Stochastic Calculus and Finance and Origami

Also, listen to more Don Henley Also The beginning is hilarious!

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Alright, slowtimers….. this is a Slowtimer Report. You never know what you might see as you stroll down the street, but in this post I’d like to explore a new concept that I’ve been working on entitled: Slowtimer Reports. The general idea is that everyday amazing things happen, things that make you say, "I wish I had a video camera right now".

Well, inspired by Tophat’s amazing movie machine, the Flip , by pure digital technologies, I decided to pick one up and it paid for itself the first night on the job.

This report focuses on a subject I am well versed in: Burlington, Vermont. Journey with me down the Church Street Marketplace as day turns into night, and normally civilized people do things they would never want on film.

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In case you have been living in hell for the past 28 or so years, a Choco Taco is delicious desert inspired by a tasty entr?e invented by our friendly neighbors to the south. This evening, I decided to take a leisurely stroll to procure one of these delicious treats. I stopped in 3 corner stores, 3 drug stores, 2 gas stations, and a 711, and was met with all sorts of ice cream concoctions (ice cream pints, bars, boxes, cones, with nuts, no nuts, vanilla, chocolate, and a hundred other flavors) but none of them were Choco Tacos. I feel like I am stuck living in the oppression of state-controlled production which has singled out my favorite desert and eliminated its creation through poor resource allocation.

…Oh, if only we were still stuck in the throes of the Cold War and I could blame communism for my outrage and sorrows.

I guess I’ll just have a beer.

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How far can a man jump up in character points through a single freestyle? I’m gonna say 70. I used to hate Shaq, now I think I’m a fan. Just check out this rap, if you haven’t seen it or heard it already. I hate Kobe…now I love Shaq.

Check it, You know how I be
Last week Kobe couldn’t do without me
Ya know how I be
Last Week Kobe couldn’t do without me

I call myself big but I’m not as good as Biggie
I call myself big cuz I live next to Diddy
Excuse me, Diddy live next to me, so in the hood dawg I feel like B-I-G

Cuz if Biggie was still here, he would be right there, on star island in a mansion somewhere chillin
sitting on about half a billion, cuz me and gunz can buy sh** that’s half a billion

Forreal dawg now that’s B-I-G, there aint nobody in the world do it bigger than me
That’s like a white boy trying to be more n**** than me
That’s like a homeless cat having more figures than me

That’s like Patrick Ewing having more rings than me
That’s like rappers having..cars (inaudible).than me
That’s …TMZ (inaudible) better than me
That’s like Kareem saying to himself he better than me
Now stop, think about that, it aint about that, its about B-I-G AKA Shaq
Now that’s the difference between first and last place,

Chorus:
Kobe, N****, Tell me how my azz taste
Okay, Kobe, Tell me how my azz taste
Okay, Everybody, Kobe Tell me how my azz taste

I’m a horse, Kobe rat-ed me out, that’s why I’m getting divorced
He said Shaq gave a b**** a Mil, I don’t do that cause my name Shaquille
I love em, I don’t leave em’ I got a vasectomy, now I can’t breed them

Chorus:
Kobe How my azz taste
Everybody, Kobe how my azz taste
Yeah, you can’t do without me
Kobe, You can’t do without me (repeat 2 times)
Everybody, Kobe, Tell how my azz taste (Collective)
Yeah….

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