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A new reading habit

I feel that recently I haven't been that interested in science as I used to be. But at the same time I would like to pass on my love of science to my kids. They are assaulted every day with games, videos, and reading that don't give them any clue that the universe is wondrous, and won't wake any kind of curiosity in them. Well, I think, it should start with me. I have decided to forgo reading fiction for now. I have set a goal of going through a bunch of modern science books. Hopefully, after reading all these books, I can talk to my kids about the things I've learned from books, and peak their interest a little bit. It's a slow go, since I don't have a lot of time to read, but any time I can pick up a book it will be a work of non-fiction, and written by a contemporary scientist. So far I have read "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. I did it last year actually, this is what spurned me to read more books of this kind. I have also recen

I really should start paying more attention to lyrics. - To Tame a Land

I've listened to this song a bunch of times before, but only recently (yesterday) I forced myself to pay attention to the lyrics and realized that it's about Dune. The books easily rank themselves among top 10 for me, and weirdly I liked David Lynch's version every time I watched  it. Here is the song interposed over some of the movie.