I confess that my wife and kids gave me a huge Audible.com gift certificate for Father\u2019s Day. Best. Gift. Ever.<\/p>\n
I confess that I\u2019m becoming a bit of an audible-phile. I have read at least 10-15 books over the past year by listening to them \u2013 including\u00a0Les Miserables, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Tree Grows in<\/em> Brooklyn, and the Metaxas book on Bonhoeffer. Last week I read the new Rob Bell book in one day. (I have to say Thanks to my friend Chaim for the introduction to audio books & for feeding the fire for the past year or two, and my friend Chris for letting me sponge of him as well). I love three things about audio books: 1) they allow me to listen while running, driving, running errands, mowing the lawn, or cleaning my office. 2) my reading retention \u2013 depending upon the material \u2013 seems to be higher with the audio book. 3) I can listen at 2x or 3x the normal speed so I can fly through books. I confess that I think my favorite niche for the audio book is biography. It\u2019s just such a perfect genre for listening. I confess that I\u2019m planning to go on a serious biography kick \u2013 so I\u2019m open for suggestions.<\/p>\n I confess that I always feel a slight twinge when I say I\u2019m \u201creading\u201d a book when I\u2019m actually listening to it \u2013 as though listening doesn\u2019t really count as \u201creading.\u201d. I confess that I\u2019m officially done with that distinction. It\u2019s a dumb distinction. Listening to a book is reading a book. I confess that part of what is pushing me in this direction is my dyslexic son. He\u2019s probably going to have to rely on audio books to get through his education. He\u2019s a total book lover & I want to feed that as much as I can. So, listening is now reading in my book (no pun intended).<\/p>\n I confess that I am wondering how much longer that fax line will be a necessary part of business infrastructure. Don\u2019t most people scan and email documents now? I still see fax numbers listed on business cards, websites, and email signatures and always wonder who is using them. Is there a more common use of the fax machine I don\u2019t know about? I remember fax being a pretty unreliable means of getting info into someone\u2019s hands, but who am I to judge: we still have a land-line at my house.<\/p>\n I confess that my Stevie Wonder is a musical genius. Superstitious is an incredible tune.<\/p>\n I confess that I haven\u2019t changed my guitar strings in at least six months \u2013 longest I\u2019ve gone in a decade. It\u2019s like strumming a marshmallow.<\/p>\n I confess that I only ran 12 miles last week \u2013 lowest point in quite some time. Summer running is the worst. Give me 20 degrees with a windchill of 7 over 94 degrees with 88% humidity any day.<\/p>\n I confess that I have started to have feelings for someone that I haven\u2019t had in decades\u2026 I didn\u2019t want to\u2026 I didn\u2019t mean to\u2026 it just happened. Sometimes we can\u2019t plan these things. Our heart goes out to someone and there\u2019s nothing we can do to stop it. I confess that I\u2019ve made my choice, and I\u2019ll have to live with it. I\u2019m back on the KC Royals bandwagon. I remember listening to the Royals games when I was falling asleep as a kid. In college I listened to them while commuting an hour each way for one of my jobs. Then the \u201994 strike came and I lost all faith in baseball. The small market teams like KC have had a competitive disadvantage ever since then \u2013 and it is getting worse by the way \u2013 so it\u2019s been tough to care. I was fine without baseball. I even became a NASCAR fan to fill the void. Then they pulled #5 back in to coach hitting and I got curious. Our family started watching games together. As fate would have it, our curiosity coincided with an awesome Royals winning streak and all of the sudden I started to care. I didn\u2019t mean to. I\u2019m starting to believe. May God have mercy on my soul.\u00a0Nevertheless, I\u2019m back on board. #goroyals<\/p>\n I confess that my task list is getting long enough that I\u2019m starting to get the cold sweats when I think about it. I really need to have a productive week. Maybe God should have mercy on my soul over that, too.<\/p>\n Okay friends: I\u2019ve made my confession. Now it\u2019s time for you to make yours.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I confess that my wife and kids gave me a huge Audible.com gift certificate for Father\u2019s Day. Best. Gift. Ever. I confess that I\u2019m becoming a bit of an audible-phile. 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