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Yesterday we saw Inception at the IMAX. After my initial disappointment of learning that it wasn't in 3D (I don't know why I assumed all IMAX movies were in 3D.....) I settled down to view, what I thought would be, a high action suspense flick.  It turned out to be so much more.  I will buy this for DVD to watch it several times in order to fully figure it out.  I actually dreamed about it last night.  Possibly the best movie I will see this year.  We sat a little close to the screen so the action and sound was a little over-whelming at times, but it was still way worth the $14 per person admission.  If you haven't seen it yet and plan to - just make sure you are alert because, in order to understand what's going on, you have to pay close attention throughout.  

After the movie we made out appointment at the Apple store.  My Touch was having headphone jack issues.  They gave me a new one.  Turns out it has the old iPod operating system on it.  I haven't decided if I want to go ahead and update to the newer version since I was having so much trouble with errors on the new version I had on my old touch.  Maybe I'll just enjoy the old version for a while first.

We ate a late lunch at a little "semi fast food" chain restaurant called Pei Wei.  We were actually impressed.  The food and atmosphere was good, and the portions very large - we took home leftovers.  I had the Orange Peel Chicken, and Marcel had the Mango Chicken. Bonus - Edamame on the appetizer menu and Fortune Cookies after.

I didn't think using my Touch as an ebook reader was an option considering the small screen size.

I was wrong.

I just downloaded an awesome app to my iTouch: 
200 Great Books. 
This is what's called an iFlow reader with 200 classic books pre-loaded in it.  It can auto-scroll, and you can customize font size and color - as well as background color. 

$1.99 now on iTunes

Drawbacks - you can't load in any ebook you want - you can read the pre-loaded books - and there is no way (that I know of) to purchase more.

Loving it though - I am going to see if I can get myself reading again :-)

Whilst mowing the backyard (electric mower) & listening to the NPR Food Podcast I learned a cool thing that adds to my belief there is natural order in the universe........

Mother's milk contains sugars called oligosaccharides.
Baby cannot digest this sugar according to the panelists on the show.
Why then after thousands of years of evolution - does the milk still contain these sugars?
The sugars go into the baby and create a breeding ground for good bacteria to fight any bad bacteria that might attack baby.

Now that is way cool.

Thanks to my LJ friend ember999 I have discovered ITunes and podcasts.  It started by wanting to experience the celtic music Podcast.  They recommended downloadint Itunes.  I did and poked around and found the podcast listings - the rest is history.  I can't believe they let us listen to this all for FREE!!  I'm so excited.  I burned Alan Watts 'The Taoist Way' and two selections from Zencast  podcasts to CD's to listen to on my drive to Austin tomorrow.

I see an Ipod in my very near future............