I'm really late with this installment, and no real reason for it. I just never seemed to get around to transferring it from my Newton to the PC to format and send out. Actually, I guess that's part of the reason--I'd like to just send this from the Newton. While it does not have much trouble with shorter email, it doesn't have the memory for the size that First Impressions tends to have. Thankfully, now that the MessagePad 2100 has been released, there's an upgrade path for us 2000 owners to solve this type of problem. Thanks, Apple! I was afraid that I was about to be in the same situation I was in back in 1985, when I bought a 128k Mac and the upgrade path was non-existent.

As we near the end of the year, I was trying to think of something I could do to commemorate six years since the start of First Impressions. A website called The War Against Silence gave me this idea: why not list my favorite books published within recent memory? This should give you a good indication of the type of book I like outside of my recent reading, because most of my favorites were set before I began First Impressions. I hope to send this out in December (maybe even as the December installment).

As always, I welcome your comments on these comments. Thanks for reading!