E-books

I have many thoughts on e-books. Here's just a few:

1. It would be nice to be able to search through my books to find passages
   
2. I think the real book is one of the best technologies that we've come up with: Infinite battery life, super-durable, ergonomically comfortable, smells good, able to make comments in the margins freely and in the inside cover of the book.
   
3. Sometimes it just feels like with technology we pour tons of money and effort into creating something that's not as good as what we already have that requires no electricity. Is this the case?
   
4. Do we lose something with the e-book?
   
5. Would I destroy a kindle as I am generally tough on my books (and electronics)?
   
6. It would be sweet to have my library on me at all times.
   
7. It would be sweet to get a bunch of free e-books.
   

A link and a vid:
The differences between the book and the e-book.

Settlers

If you haven't played Settlers, you haven't lived. I still remember the first time hearing about the Settlers of Catan freshman year at the U. As my freshman CA, Josh Mathews, gushed about it (along with the wider U of M Campus Crusade community), I was less than intrigued. I really don't generally get too into board games. Most just really don't engage me.

Then, I played it. And I played it again... ad nauseum. Then I got it for Christmas... and it swept the town of Pelican Rapids for a summer. It really is that fun.

Here's an article from the Washington Post on how Catan is the game of our time.