Scooter Chronicles

Last night I finished “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger. I was reading this at the same time as a co-worker.

I have been finding myself wanting to say more about the books I read, and actually talk about the ending. And for those reading these reviews that might want to read the book, they are going to come across spoilers. So I am marking areas where they are going to be, and areas that are safe to read. Also a warning that this review may be as long as the book was.

Here is a brief description of the book, thanks to Amazon.Com and Publishers Weekly.

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So I got a new computer at work. It was necessary for some new software that I am going to be trained to use. It is called SolidWorks, and I am very excited about it. It was one of two things that my supervisor and I talked about that were important to me and my future at my last yearly review (in May …. and no, I don’t know why they do them in the middle of the year). I was beginning to think that they had nixed the idea or had just forgotten.

Anyway, this PC swap left me with no internet access over the course of two days. Yes, that means our home PC is having problems. Again. I know that this time it has nothing to do with TigerDirect, but it makes me long to be in Naperville, Illinois to slash a few tires in...

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