Literature of The Baltic

I brought with me to Sweden only two books. Both very different in nature, but both quite representative of my station in life. The two books; On The Road by Jack Kerouac, and the owners manual for my BA II Plus Financial Calculator written by Texas Instruments. Now, while this seems like a stupid rant to go on about books and there meaning blah blah blah, it's actually a pretty important part of my life. I left behind roughly 6 boxes of stuff in the states (residing in an undisclosed location due to their top secret and awesome content). 3 of those are filled with books. Therefore, roughly half of what I own is either in hard cover or paperback.

Now, I have been reading both books as of late. Kerouac's I had cracked before, but never was in the right mind set to dig deep into it. I read the first half of it since arriving in Sweden and have decided to go back to the begining and start again...this time I want to highlight the best quote, description, and phrase from each chapter to provide reference points to refer to over the next year or so while I too am 'on the road'. The owners manual for my fin calc has also been a nightly read. I figured it might be a good way to clear the hangover that still lingers from my last job where I could have derived the correct answer to the majority of the 'challenging problems' and 'difficult analyses' by using a combination of my fingers, toes and the surplus ballpoints I kept in my top drawer. Yes, these are the days of our lives.....