The year is 14 days old. I have 1 post (Now 2! Doubled - Wooohooo!). And it was written just before Christmas break.
Not good.
I just don't find myself having a ton to say. Things are... well, they are things right now. It is what it is and all those cliches.
I'm currently all worked up over Joshua Ferris' The Unnamed. Its out Jan. 17 (I think). Want to find out more about it? Well go here. What do you think I am ... Wikipedia?
Alright alright. Quite your whining. God that sounded like 10 penny nails being shot out of tennis ball machine set to "Agassi On Steroids" hitting a blackboard being scratched by a cat. Or something with big claws.
The Unnamed is Ferris' second work. His first... well, I don't know much about it, so that's pretty much all I'll say about it. But The Unnamed follows a man who has a fictional disease that, at random times, forces him to walk. And walk. And walk. And not in a circle. He walks out of work. Out of his marriage. He walks long distances into the night and across mountains. It's supposed to impart you with an appreciation of what you have.
It was recommended for Jan./Feb. by what R and I affectionately refer to as The Bible. Why do we call it that? You're very nosey today, did you know that? And just for that I'm not going to list its actual name. You'll just have to click the link. How does that suit you? Ok, ok, enough already with the nail-tennis-ball-machine sound! Its Men's Health.
Well, anyway, enough about you. We call it The Bible because I take most of what I read as gospel. Its got great "what to read, play, listen too" sections most months, plus great workouts, meals, tips and tactics.
I have a post brewing about why, or more appropriately why do I, hate populists, populism, - maybe the populus (What? Wait, I just Googled that and it turns out I don't hate most of it) and the whole touchy-feely "hate technology" movement. Update your calenders accordingly.
I think this is one of the funniest posts you've done. Also, if I hover my mouse over The Bible it shows me what the link goes to without having to click. Hah!
ReplyDeleteAlso, between Tuesday and Wednesday I was without a book and so I almost picked up Art of Happiness. Thankfully I have a GoodReads book to read and then two library books I ordered came in. I am set once again :)
That's not a high bar, eh?
ReplyDeleteI ordered The Unnamed AND Happiness, so as soon as it gets here (ETA: a week), I'm good to go.
I assume the high bar is the number of books I pile on my plate? They are YA books, so I can gulp them down in one day normally. The computer system must wonder why after 4 years of rarely taking books out I'm suddenly on numbers 7 and 8.
ReplyDeleteAs my recent post indicates, I now have Happiness, so I'm ready when you are.
ReplyDeleteThe "bar" refers the bar set by "funniest post." Funniest being not a very high bar to reach.
Don't worry: the computer system has probably already alerted the proper authorities. God that sounded cliche, recycled, and pompus to me as I wrote it!