I know, I know, I know I should have reported in before now. But sometimes real life just gets in the way. I attempted 5 books in November. I say attempted because I slapped a big DNF (did not finish) on Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. I just can't seem to get into this guy. It's the second or third of his I've given up on, Not so the other four, starting with a biography of Stephen Stills called Change Partners. This followed by a hilarious biography of the guy responsible for National Lampoon called A Stupid and Futile Gesture - How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever. I ended the month reading yet another biography, this one of the man behind Rolling Stone magazine,. It was called Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine. A fascinating read. So last month I hit the magic number 50 I'd imagined for myself back in January. If I roll this month into my yearly total I'm at 54 books. And I still hav...
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I try to stay clear of politics, so a lot of the political humor is usually lost on me. Even so, I loved the fourth one down because it reminded me of Monty Python and The Holy Grail. ("I'm not dead yet... I don't want to go on the cart.... I think I'll go for a walk...")
Also I liked the pestilence one. And, by "liked", I mean I thought "Oh... look, a guy riding a big giant worm... and I just got done eating a McDonalds cheeseburger.")