The Old Man and the Sea

Another book; it was only a short one, but honestly, I understand why Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for it.

I’m not sure what to say about it: the story is that an old, impoverished fisherman has failed to catch a fish for 84 days, and on the 85th decides to try and change his luck by going a long way out; a fish bites and it takes him the better part of three days to finally land it, almost killing himself in the process. Apparently there are a number of interpretations in existence, but regardless of how you feel about any of these I think it’s undeniably an unforgettable and thoroughly enjoyable read.

I’ve yet to start another book, though perhaps later. I do, however, have a long list of things to finish in the meantime, so perhaps I should direct my focus at those:

• Tidy up the code for this theme and consider the suggested improvements and how best to implement them
• Finish the other theme/website I’m working on which I’m actually going to be paid for (Delayed: Just about finished my part on this, waiting for client to get back to me after they’ve been held up.)
• Do some more work on the Fedora Documentation Project - Revisor docs especially!
• Hunt down funding for Free Me and get it finished
• Write about free culture/web 2.0 in terms of Deschooling Society
• Enjoy this evening out with my friends (Done: and it rocked!)

I’m certain there are others; these are all that come to mind for the time being.