Thursday, August 21, 2008

Tennis


I have always enjoyed tennis. I love playing it, and I love to go see matches (which has only happened once thus far). In 1990 or so, I was lucky enough to go to the semi-finals of the ATP Master Series Tournament in Cincinnati, after my friend Ryan J.'s mother gave my mother and me their tickets that they couldn't use. The highlight was seeing my favorite tennis player Stefan Edberg, who was then ranked number 1 in the world. It was an awesome experience to see tennis in person. To me it was like the symphony of sports, in fact you were required to be quiet during play and had to know when and when not to applaud.

Anyway, as I have mentioned in previous posts, I have not had the chance to play in a long while and I wanted to join a daddy-son tennis training program. I would have to wait until spring to enroll in any such class, and so I finally decided I could wait no longer. Today after work, I got out my rackets and started to teach my oldest son to play as pictured above. He was a natural...He had a great swing...He loved it.

I can't wait to continue tomorrow.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Audiobooks

I now have the shortest commute I have ever had (25-30 minutes), but I still have plenty of time to listen to the Book of Mormon or other good audiobooks. I usually try to listen to the Book of Mormon on the way to work, and then listen to my latest audiobook checked out online from our local library.

Yes, gone are the days (mostly) where I have to go to the Library to pick up books on CDs. Nor do I have to fumble with changing the CDs while driving. Now, with companies like OverDrive Media, I can just download various audiobooks or ebooks to my desktop and then sync them to my Palm TX. Then with my FM transmitter (if you need one - look for Hong Kong models on ebay for under $10) I just tune to 106.3 (as it is a clear channel where I live) and enjoy.

On a similar note, for work related items, I love Books24x7, which has all the key work related references for viewing online. This resource assuredly helped me get various certifications that have benefited my career.