Well, folks, I read seven (count 'em) seven books in October. One I didn't finish but even at that I hit the magic number 50 I estimated for myself by the end of the year. The six books I successfully waded through were, firstly, What Happened, Hillary Clinton's book on her bid for the Presidency. I''m a bit of a political junkie so I get off on this stuff but still it kinda struck me as one long whine over losing. Next up was the excellent Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and Music of Laurel Canyon. Laurel Canyon was the fabled area outside of Los Angeles where many musicians and artists lived. Known as a 60s enclave, the book takes a look at just who lived there over the last 80 years. A fascinating read. Next up was Lightfoot, a biography of Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot. He may have been responsible for some iconic folk songs but he was also quite the womanizer and boozer. Enough said. Then I read Dan Brown's new tome Origin, the fifth ...
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Nice round of Sunday Funnies :)
...except you have to quit having those downers of a "funny." This week's: McCain. That's just downright sad :(.
And the banana peel - Leslie is surely grinning at that one!
;-)
I particularly spewed my DDP at Wikipeeks.
But dang, won't that REALLY happen.
I forsee a huge rise in travel by trains in the near future. And if you have to go oversees? Ships and possible pirates don't seem so bad anymore.
...except you have to quit having those downers of a "funny." This week's: McCain. That's just downright sad :(.