Reading Log week of 4/20

I need to stop putting my reading logs off until Thursday...

I'm gonna start before Monday, and just say that this article (about sledding down a volcanoe) is awesome, and now I really want to do that.

Monday- I clearly am not a good college student, b/c I didn't even know I was supposed to be smoking weed all day on account of it being 4/20. I will say though, it's been interesting following the increase interest in legalizing marijuana across the country. That and legalizing gay marriage seem like they've been in the news forever, but may actually be making progress for once. I'm not sure exactly what I think about that, but it has been interesting to follow.
A very good article today was the profile on the guy who picks the letters that make it to the president. He said he picks the letters that give you chills when you read them, and the one to Obama telling him to quit smoking on account of his daughters really did give me the chills. So the journalist really picked good letters to excerpt. It's really cool how Obama writes back to some of them too.

Tuesday- Actually, the news that caught my attention in the front section was that Vermont got an IHOP. I'd known for years they were the only state lacking one, and I see they've finally succumbed. I guess it's good they have real Vermont syrup, though it's too bad they charge extra for it.
Boston Marathon Coverage! Solid showing by the US. Go Ryan Hall.
By the way, Times had some printing pages today for the second day. Yesterday some pages were too dark, today too light.

Wednesday- Seriously. Twitter is everyone! Made it to the dining section today. It was an interesting concept though- basically puzzles to solve for foodies.
And Twitter again. Maureen Dowd on page A23 had a pretty neat interview with Twitter's founders. They had a pretty smart-ass answer to everything she asked ('Do you ever think "I don't care that my friend is having a hamburger?'" 'If I said I was eating a hamburger, Evan would be surprised because I'm a vegan.')

Thursday- Suicide of the Freddie Mac exec attracted my attention most out of the articles on the front page. Everybody's got problems.
Pretty fast skim of the paper today, as I was finishing a couple articles for TNH.

Oh, and I forget what day it was in, but there was an article in sports about a competition that featured snowboarding, surfing, and skateboarding and crowned a champ of the three sports. I never realized the connection among the three before, though I guess it's pretty obvious. I love when the times covers the more fringe sports/sporting events. I can't get interested in the mainstream sports anyway.

Okay, that looks good. Posting this to my ugly blogspot blog.