Final List
First of all let me say thanks to all who commented on the last post. I didn't realize how hard it would be to really trim this list to 100. Several of you mentioned that I should only have one book per author, and while I understand that perspective, I found myself not wanting to drop any books on the list from those authors.
I finally decided to drop all of the multiple-book entries. While I do want to read these ...Read More
Help Me Finalize the List
Wow... thanks to everyone who took the time to comment and give me their input. I've got a lot of great suggestions. In fact, after compiling the list, it appears that I have 105 books. I need you all to help me decide which of the following books to drop out of the list. It's hard for me to get rid of any of them, but if I don't draw a line somewhere, I'll just keep adding more. So here's ...Read More
One Hundred Books
One day, I want to write fiction. I've attempted a few times and I have plenty of ideas, but I find that the actual writing process is perplexing. I realized recently that while I love reading fiction, there are lots of great books out there that I haven't read. Lots. So I'm going to read as many as I can and hopefully absorb enough great fiction to create my own. My goal is to read so much that I'll absorb ...Read More
School of Rock Meets Band Camp
I saw this today on a lyrics website. Since there's no way little grunge-rocking Timmy would ever think this was actually at all cool, I'm concluding that Timmy's Tim-McGraw-lyric-loving Mom Suzy is the target of this ad. I can just imagine what goes through Suzy's mind when she sees this ad:
Timmy's been so withdrawn and moody lately. I wish he'd stop saying that I don't understand him, that's ridiculous. Of course I understand him, I'm his mother. What's this? An ...Read More
Stains, Klingons, and Love – Thoughts on My First Year of Parenting
Just yesterday, my son Grayson finished his first year of life, and Holly and I our first year of parenting. It's been a pretty crazy ride, and I wanted to jot some stuff down. This will probably be pretty long, but hopefully you find it as entertaining, ridiculous, scary, and amazing as we've found our first year.
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