I haven’t been very good at keeping up with this blog, probably because I’ve restricted the topics too much.  So, I’ve decided to go against everything I know about blogging and write about whatever the heck I want.  There’ll probably be a lot of tech and a lot of whatever TV Show/author/music I happen to be watching/reading/listening to at the moment.

Lately I’ve been watching a lot of Doctor Who and reading a lot of Neil Gaiman, so I may talk about them a lot.  You don’t care really, so I won’t bore you anymore with it, but I thought I’d warn you in advance.

BTW: The look of the blog may change while I pick something I like, but if you read this in a feed reader (as you should be) then what do you care?

Dad loves to read, right?  Well, with father’s day coming up, we here at Long Days and Pleasant Nights thought we’d offer you a chance for a freebie.  If you are a dad, have a dad, know a dad or ever aspire to be a dad then you are eligible to win one copy of each of the books listed below.  Yes, the prize package is 11 books.

Hachette Book Group USA has graciously offered to supply the books.  Books that it specifically selected for dad’s everywhere.

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Too many books cluttering up your bookshelf?  The future is e-books and Amazon’s come out with a way for you to read those e-books now on a device they call the Kindle.

It’s a little on the pricey side at the moment, about $400, but it should soon eventually start coming down in price.  Really all they need is a little competition from someone else to get a price war going.  I must admit, I haven’t yet had the opportunity to test it out, but I’ve heard from people who have and most seem to really like it.

There are other e-book readers, but this one seems to be the “latest and greatest.”  I sure would love to hear from you if you’ve tried it out, or if you use another type of e-book reader.