A Sunny Tuesday in October

Lately I've been trying to listen to new and old music to sort of broaden my music library. I was watching tv this weekend and heard a song on a commercial for British Airways that I really liked, I looked it up and found that the clip was from a song by Julie London. I downloaded a bunch of her songs on itunes and then I started looking for artists similar to her style of music. I thought I'd like Billie Holiday since a website suggested they were similar and because she was pretty popular but I don't really like her voice as much as Julie's. I also listened to a couple Marilyn Monroe songs, which surprised me because I didn't really know that she sang more than just the "Happy Birthday Mr. President" song. She really has a pretty voice, but a little high for my taste. I also listened to a couple Frank Sinatra songs, but they all seemed to sound the same. I guess what Im getting at is that I would like to hear more different music. I like Johnny Cash and some new stuff like Will Dailey.
I've also been trying to research photography and probiotics. I want to get in to photography, especially because I feel like I've always liked it and also because I've got my great grandfather's Nikon SLR from '79 that my mom had. I think it still works, I just have to keep practicing and actually finish and develop the film thats in it now. Maybe I'll go after work some day and bring Molly to the park or something. I got a book at Half Price Books about photography but because it's so thick it hasn't been totally helpful. I've done most of my research online and I feel like I've learned a lot about it. I had no idea that the numbers like 200, 400, 800 on film actually mean something, I didnt know about shutter speeds or depth of field. I think I have a good idea about these things, but I think practice will be my main benefit.
As far as probiotics goes, I started looking to see if there was any other possible diagnosis for Rob's stomach problems. I found some vitamin like stuff at Walgreens called Acidophilus, it's a probiotic with some of the same stuff they put in that Activia yogurt, called Bifidus bacteria. Apparently antibiotics, stress, and diarrhea can encourage bad bacteria to grow and disrupt the digestive system. Probiotics encourage good bacteria to grow and can allieviate symptoms of IBS and other digestive disorders like lactose intolerance. I got some and he started taking them yesterday. I asked him this morning if he noticed a difference yet. He said he hadn't, but I figure it might be worth it to try for a few weeks to see if it makes a difference. If not Im sure there are other things to try. It just makes me sad how miserable he is about it sometimes, and I would be miseable if I felt like that all the time too.
I voted yesterday at the grocery store. It was the first day of early voting here in Texas. I was a little nervous because it was only my second time voting, and the first time was 4 years ago in Maine. I wasn't sure how different it would be here. It was pretty different though! There was just a short line and about 5 people working the booths. The first woman took my registration card and handed it to the woman next to her who printed a sticker with my name on it to give to the woman next to her to verify my information and have me sign that I am me and then gave the sitcker to a man with a computer who wrote down my passcode. I went to booth #8 and it was all electronic. I dont see how anyone could be confused about the ballot, unless they couldn't read the screen. I voted and left. I was pretty excited to get it over with, it seems like it's taken forver to get to the point where we can vote!