Einstein and Su Doku

So I went to Barnes and Noble today. I try not to go too often because I consider books one of my favorite things in life. I love to walk the halls of libraries and see what kind of treasure I can dig up. Books were my friends growing up, and I learned to love them. And I'm still appalled when I see a book that's been written in, or has dog-earred pages. I was taught to treat them with respect and honor, like grandparents. You are gentle with them because they are older and wiser than you and you could learn something from them. Anyways, now that I'm a grown up its up to me to finance my book addiction and little things like rent and gas and food kind of take priority. But today I splurged. I took $20 in and walked out with two new best friends. One of them is a book of Su Doku. Su Doku, roughly translated in Japanese meaning "number place" is a mathematical crossword of sorts. It looks like a crossword, except it uses the numbers 1-9 and only requires logic and patience. Each row and column must contain 1-9 and there can not be any repeats. I like it for a few reasons. One, I'm a math nerd and two, it keeps my brain sharp. I've not been in college for a few years, no you don't need to know how many, and I like the idea that this helps keep the little grey cells moving about. The second book I bought is called Dear Professor Einstein. Its a book of letters that children wrote to Einstein and his responses to them. I've got a huge amount of respect for that man. Plus I'm always fascinated at the different views of historical figures, besides the events that made them famous.

I should really be asleep right now because I'm going to Alexandria tomorrow, but I think I've got time for one more Su Doku.....