I cam home today from class with two cards in the mailbox from my parents...or one from the parents and one from the cat. I was opening up the one from Bo, the cat, and I noticed written in blue, EPH. 6:10-17. Now for the two people out there who would not recognize that, it is reference to the New Testament of the Bible with specific verses from Ephesians. Which, since I was at my desk when I started opening it, I just grabbed my bible and started flipping.
Now context aside, this is fairly common for me, random bit of information comes my way, I spin my chai and pick up a book that will explain it. And this got me thinking. I don't know if I have ever really mentioned this on the page, but I have a varied selection of actual paper books at arms length. The most easliy accesible of which is my Bible, but I also have various novels by Tolkien, Herbert, and Stephenson, several text books from classes past (and some current), and a myriad of security/programming books. The other day I pulled a Geometry book off the shelf to grab an equation I should have remembered; I have referenced my Physics book for my Science of Color class; and I am frequently, at least when working on the page, grabbing on the O'Rielly books to make sure I got the systax on something right.
Anyways, I am looking at my bookcase, and trying to decide which three books I get the most use out of. I guess thinking that if I needed to move it somewhere else, what would I want to keep here at my desk. I think it would have to be my Bible, my copy of Learning Perl, and oddly, my Schaum's. I am also curious if my listeners were limited to three books to have with them, what they would be.
