Fun at the front!

So, here were my main take-aways from the front matter of SICP:

1. Programming should be fun!
2. Computer Science is not necessarily about computers, per se, and is not necessarily a science;
3. Instead, it's all about thinking in precise ways about expressing ideas about how to do things.
4. Also, lisp is cool.  ;)

OK, it didn't quite say that last one in so many words, but... perhaps with prior bias, that's still my take-away.

More to come.  Chapter 1 is up next!