It's a sunny Memorial Day afternoon in Butte, and I'm kicked back with my knee on ice, reading Volume I of the 4-volume series The World of Mathematics. We usually take the dogs for a hike on Memorial Day, but that's not an option

It's great to have time to read more! I just did a quick count, and in the 20 months since I stopped working I've read around 35 books, so that's close to two books a month. This post is a summary of a few