getting there

On the bright side:

I feel much better today! A little grumpy. Snappish. A little headachy. But alive.

How the Universe Got Its Spots by Janna Levin is very good, well written, soothing, stimulating. It's right at my level of reasonably intelligent non-scientistness, that is to say, in places over my head but never obnoxious about it. I'm not scared of a few equations as long as there is English in between. It's lovely! I recommend it. Scientific American used to be nicely at this level (though rarely this poetic) in the mid-80s before they got all stupid and forgot that they aren't Discover magazine. Thanks Janna!