Busted!

It turns out, Tim does read my blog.  (Hi, Tim!)  At least he does when the spirit moves him, which I estimate will be about once a month.  I heard him giggling the other night right before bed, so I asked him what he was doing.  "Reading your blog!" he replied.  I'm not sure whether to be offended or flattered.  I'm going to go with flattered.

Otherwise, an update:

1.  Some people should stick to what their good at.  For example, Christopher Plummer is a great (in my opinion) actor.  A writer? Not so much.  I started reading his biography (650 pages!) and got 50 pages into it before I decided to quit reading it.  It was super boring.  It rambled and didn't make a whole lot of sense.  (As I typed those last two sentences, I realized that much of the same could be said about what I'm writing...hahaha.  At least I don't have a publisher and hope that people will read my musings.  Except my family.  I like think they read what I have to say.)  Anyway, it was going to be one of my biographies, but not anymore.  I'll stick with something more interesting.

Biographies Read:

1.  Maud by Harry Bruce - a pretty easy read, it was actually pretty interesting.  It was not as informative as it perhaps could have been and tended to ramble, but overall good.

2.  Hayden Fry: A High Porch Picnic by Hayden Fry and George Wine - This book was picked out by Tim.  I'd give anybody in my family $100 if they could tell me who Hayden Fry was without looking it up (a pretty safe bet, in my opinion).  To save you all the suspense, it's about the football coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes for the better part of the 1980s-1990s.  I didn't think I would enjoy it, but it was a pretty decent read and his stats were pretty impressive!

3.  Apolo Anton Ohno: My Story by (you guessed it!) Apolo Anton Ohno - Don't read this book if you are over 12 years old.  Enough said.

Classics Read:

1.  The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame - I dreaded reading this book because I remember trying to read it as a child and thinking how awful it was.  It was better than I was expecting (probably because I'm adult now and can understand it better).  I chose the book that had lots of pictures and large print to make it seem bearable - and it was! Ha! My mind tricks worked.

Anyway, that's all for now!