I am currently reading “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawkings. Basically talking about the origins of the universe, space/time, general theory of relativity. He does a pretty decent job of dumbing it down, but it is still pretty challenging. Really, really interesting, but slow going. I read two pages then have to pause for 20 minutes to try to wrap my mind around what I have just read.

Also, Cadillac Desert – The American West and its Disappearing Water. Very interesting read on why we have huge cities in the middle of the freaking desert (Las Vegas, LA) and where they have “borrowed” all their water from. Also talks about the absolutely useless (in a C/B sense) gigantic dams that are built all over the American West. If you want to be enraged by learning about gigantic corporate farm subsidies and why you pay a thousand times as much for water as farmers do, check it out.