After working for Microsoft for several years (managing the company’s first web team and the content for msn.com for a while, among other things), starting a couple non-profits, and producing a movie, my uncle, Andrew Himes, is in the process of writing his first book of memoirs, “Revival”. We spent some time talking about blogs when I was with him in Seattle last week, and he finally decided to start one up. The name? Revival: A Memoir by Andrew Himes. – A Work in Progress… Jesus Saves, Proletarian Rage, Tibetan Dreams, Bullhorn Arrests, and Other Tales of Evangelism, Revolution, and Rebirth.
When I read a book, I prefer to buy it rather than borrow it from a friend or the library. Even if I don’t think I’ll read it again, I almost always keep it so that I can flip through it later and remember why I read it and where I was at in my life at that time. Same with CDs. Out of the 1000+ CDs in my living room now, there are probably quite a few that I’ll only listen to every couple of years, if that often. But I don’t get rid of them because they are, in a way, a part of my story.
Along the same lines, Andy’s first post, This I Believe – Take One, includes this sentence about reading: “I believe it’s a good idea to read as many books as you can get away with, and to keep them around on bookshelves as a way of reminding yourself who and where you used to be at the time in your life when you read that particular book.”
For more musings like this, and what are sure to be some thought-provoking posts, add Revival to your links list and be sure to check it often.
I look forward to reading your uncle’s blog, sounds incredible.
I will definitely check out your uncle’s blog. I got the book you sent, by the way. Thanks so much. I am a good way into it now.