maverick is home
maverick came home this afternoon but he is pretty heavily medicated so he is rather doped up and not interested in anything other than a drink of water and nice soft bed. annie d. dog is quite upset that she has to be separated from him and sits and howls. sad but irritating. hard to explain things to a dog; she feels as though she is, in some way or another, being punished but she knows not why. i understand but wish she would lighten up on the music.
but what cha gonna do?
looks like rhonda got out of her previous company just in time, she heard from a past fellow co-worker that they are laying off a lot of people while rhonda's little company is thriving. another example of god working in mysterious ways.
speaking of which; may i recommend highly the book LAMB: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BIFF by christopher moore. REALLY GOOD. reminds me somewhat of tom robbins, who is, far and away, my favorite author. if you have never read JITTERBUG PERFUME do yourself a favor and do so. tremendous book. robbins best known book was EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES but it is, in my opinion, not anywhere close to several others of his creations. FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM WARM CLIMATES is my second favorite of his. read jitterbug and you will be hooked, he is able to pull off funny and deep at the same time.
on the subject of books, i finally got around to watching the HBO version of JOHN ADAMS and though it was good, it fails to live up to the book. tv, being such, puts too much emphasis on drama of the personal sort and not enough on history. this is our history and one of our all time great men....read the book.
reading seems to be something that vast numbers of people don't do. or they read just fluff without ever taxing their mind or their imagination. i can not imagine what it would be like not to read and to read constantly. from childhood and even through prison i have read thousands of books and some of them i have read multiple times. moby dick is so much better the second time through; as is cicero, plato, emmerson, twain, jung, (i have read everything this man ever wrote and that is enough to fill a small library) and numerous others but you get the point. and it is never too late to start reading. keep your mind engaged and your life will be fuller.
oh well, nothing to say but needed something to do while watching over sick dog.
rock and roll
peace to us all
but what cha gonna do?
looks like rhonda got out of her previous company just in time, she heard from a past fellow co-worker that they are laying off a lot of people while rhonda's little company is thriving. another example of god working in mysterious ways.
speaking of which; may i recommend highly the book LAMB: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BIFF by christopher moore. REALLY GOOD. reminds me somewhat of tom robbins, who is, far and away, my favorite author. if you have never read JITTERBUG PERFUME do yourself a favor and do so. tremendous book. robbins best known book was EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES but it is, in my opinion, not anywhere close to several others of his creations. FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM WARM CLIMATES is my second favorite of his. read jitterbug and you will be hooked, he is able to pull off funny and deep at the same time.
on the subject of books, i finally got around to watching the HBO version of JOHN ADAMS and though it was good, it fails to live up to the book. tv, being such, puts too much emphasis on drama of the personal sort and not enough on history. this is our history and one of our all time great men....read the book.
reading seems to be something that vast numbers of people don't do. or they read just fluff without ever taxing their mind or their imagination. i can not imagine what it would be like not to read and to read constantly. from childhood and even through prison i have read thousands of books and some of them i have read multiple times. moby dick is so much better the second time through; as is cicero, plato, emmerson, twain, jung, (i have read everything this man ever wrote and that is enough to fill a small library) and numerous others but you get the point. and it is never too late to start reading. keep your mind engaged and your life will be fuller.
oh well, nothing to say but needed something to do while watching over sick dog.
rock and roll
peace to us all
posted by Ron Shock | 2:15 PM
2 Comments:
It is incredible to me that many people don't even read fluff. I'm down to about 2 books a week, but I still read a lot beyond that--most of what I do on the Internet is read and write.
i hardly read on the net at all, much perfering books but maybe i should give it a try. (do read huffington post)
does not surprise me that you are a reader based on your posts.
i am thinking of volunteering as a reading tutor for kids at a middle school right around the corner from me. i think if i could get just one kid to enjoy it enough to do it for the rest of their life then maybe i have added something to society other than just a joke or two
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