To Kill a Mockingbird

I wonder if whacking a mockingbird is a sin.
I have a mockingbird that sits across the street from my house and calls far into the night. He makes a variety of different noises, including imitating frogs. While he doesn’t bother me at all (I fell asleep with my light on last night – [...]

The Top 100

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books printed. I figure I might give it a try.
The Rules:
1) Look at the list and put one * by those you have read.
2) Put a % by those you intend to read.
3) Put two ** by the [...]

News

So yesterday we went to the shotgun range and shot clays. It was fun. I actually hit some! My shoulder is really killing me though. Dumb recoil. There’s this humongous bruise on my right shoulder and my left arm is aching from lifting the gun. Meh.
I’m taking a French [...]

Victor Hugo? Did you say Victor Hugo?

In my last blog post I totally put down Victor Hugo and his work, but I didn’t really mean it. Now, I still don’t recommend The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, unless for some reason you like reading about deformed, deaf young men and their creepy caretakers in 1492. The whole reason for Hunchback was [...]

Books I am reading right now.

*ahem* I love to read. I don’t know if you knew that before, but now you do. I love to read good books that interest me/have titles that are fun to say. Like The Return of the King. Oh yeah. Just say it. Feel the power. The Return [...]

Aragorn…I mean, Eragon.

My family wants to know why I’m reading Eragon. It’s a great adventure story, with bad guys and good guys and magical creatures. There are cool places, sweet horses, and it’s just like Lord of the Rings…and Star Wars! There’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, a white city, and lots of orcs. [...]