IN THE RAW
I think that is the name of the William Shatner interview show on A&E. I was watching tv this afternoon and this show came on the tube. I have seen it before and I have found it very entertaining. I started to watch it today and I had to almost immediately change the channel. He was interviewing Mary Kay Letourneau and her boyfriend/husband. You know, the boy she fell in love with when he was 13 years old and she was his teacher. I find her to be a pretty sick individual who appears as though she has a few mental deficiencies (not just having sex with a 13 year old). What made me turn off the tv (without even hearing the answer to the question) was the very question that Shatner asked her. His first question was like "what was she thinking when she first saw the 13 year old for the very first time?". It seemed way to salacious for my taste.
4 WHEELS & A BOARD
I was on my way out to Red Rock Canyon yesterday when I saw a pretty cool/weird sight. There were tow young men, skateboards in hand exiting from the Calico Basin area. It made me wonder weather they had rode their boards all the way out there, or drove a car out there and just rode around the area. If they rode their boards out there that would mean they went at the least 7 miles, all uphill, to get to that location. Pretty impressive. That's a tough ride on two wheels with gears.
FOUND A CURE
I drove over to my brother's house today to drop off a photo I made for him and his wife. On the way back I developed a screamer of a headache. I chalked it up to a severe lack of caffeine (none in the last two days) and not eating enough. So I went to Barnes & Noble order a very large cup of coffee and a bagel. Within about 15 minutes that headache had begun to recede. I proceeded to spend the better part of the next 5 hours reading and drinking coffee. I know it sounds aas though those two things should be exactly opposite of what you should do when suffering from what feels like a migraine but it worked fantastically. Maybe after all of these years of Diet Coke I actually have a caffeine addiction/habituation.
AWESOME BOOK
As I stated above I spent almost 5 hours in the bookstore reading today. Something I have definitely never done before.The object of my affection? A great book that I started to read thru the other day. Born To Run by Christopher McDougall. I was hooked after the first 30 or so pages I read then. When I went to the store today I had intentions of reading for an hour in this book and then about an hour in "My Life" by Bill Clinton. After the first hour of Born to Run I went and found the hard copy on the shelf and continued to read. At some point I had reached a decision point. Should I keep reading or come back and finish another day. I kept reading. The book is a story of the Tarahumara Indians of the Copper Canyon region in Mexico. These guys are amazing long distance runners and the story about them was equally amazing. The book was mixed with stories of the Tarahumara, the races they run, history of how mankind was designed to run, shoeless running, and a great character that is dubbed the Caballo Blanco. IF you are a runner now, ever have been, or aspire to be a runner read this book.
SSSHHHHHH!!!!!!!
I know bookstores are not libraries but I treat them as such and as a result I expect others to do so also. I go to the store to read not talk. So it really bugs me when a group of dip shits sits directly behind me and spends the next hour just talking. Thank God I had my headphones and could turn on Pandora on my E-reader.
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