Shocking, Really -- 2 months?

Clearly I am focused on other things. This happens.

My reading has been fairly light, haven't even had much time during lunch at work. That time has been taken up with relaxing and/or planning for my big hot dog event: Hot Dog Death March. I keep bringing "What Would Google Do" to work, but haven't cracked it in a few weeks.

I did purchase and start reading two new books.

The first is "Emergency" by Neil Strauss. We've been having a few earthquakes in LA lately which got me focused on refreshing our emergency kit (which we did and it was fun). I also have friends who are into emergency training and urban escape and survival. This book fit into all of that, not to mention the other book I read last fall "The Unthinkable." So far this book is a bit beyond how I would prepare. I'm not looking for a 2nd passport and a 2nd country to call home in case things really go to shiznet here in the US. I'm an optimist so I'm not looking for that. I'm curious about the rest of the book so I'll finish it soon.

The other book I got in that order was "Food Of A Younger Land -- A portrait of American food--before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal regional, and traditional--from the lost WPA files" by Mark Kurlansky. With our recent road trip to the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley and my love for all things Americana (ie road trips, diners, route 66) and history in general, I thought this would be fascinating. I look forward to it. 

It also makes me think of a show that Alton Brown did a few years ago, "Feasting on Asphalt: the River Run" which was about traveling up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. I want to do that trip. Kurt warns me that there might not be so much healthy food along the way. Well, these are the sacrifices we make.