More Music

There has been some interest in my music collection on my iPod. So, I've decided to add to the blog music I have purchased on CD recently. I purchase music on CD rather than download the music. I like having a high quality backup on CD, and I can have as many copies as I want of the digital music files on my computers. (Music download sites tend to limit the number of copies you can make of the downloaded music.) If you do download music, you may wind up having to download the same music over again because you are limited to the number of copies you can make. So, here are some CDs I've recently purchased:

Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles Beatles For Sale
Debbie Gibson Greatest Hits
Keane Hopes and Fears
Rent Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Bob Mould Workbook

What I'm Reading

I am reading a couple of books right now. They are: A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. So, for now, I am tackling some science as both books cover some geology. The Bill Bryson book is clearly written, and it covers a variety of science topics from particle physics to cosmology. You might be familiar with Bill's travel books, and I think you'd find this book easy to read. If you haven't gotten a copy of it yet, you might want to consider getting the illustrated version. As for Simon Winchester, he was trained as a geologist at Oxford, and his book is primarily about the great California earthquake of 1906 in San Francisco. I am interested in this book because I have experienced several earthquakes while living out in California. I've read enough of each of them to give them my recommendation.