Funny..... but not really.

The other day at work I walked into an apartment where one of the carpenters was working. He happened to be listening to the radio, and right when I came through the door an ad came on for a fund raising walk. It started with a woman saying, "I didn't know that depression could lead to suicide, until my husband died." The carpenter and I just looked at each other and almost burst out laughing at the ridiculousness of it. Where did she think it was going to lead, bake sales and pep rallies? Not funny I know, but ridiculous and horrible, horrible advertising.

The second almost-but-not-quite happened during the evening the same day. I was hanging out with a friend at their college in the cafeteria . At one table were two monks (literal robe wearing Franciscan monks) talking, while three tables away were a couple of kids in ripped sweats swearing as much as they were talking. Maybe not necessarily funny but the contrast was certainly striking.

A Month Late

My brother Derrick has been keeping track of his reading list for many years, and for many years I have been both admiring and jealous it him. This last year I finally found a way to make it work for me, so for the first time since grade school I can look back and see how I've spent my reading time.

I meant to post this back in January but after I had written the list and before I had posted it, I accidentally deleted it. Not wanting to sit down and write it all out again, I waited until now to try again. So here for your interest (and my ego) is my 2009 reading list.



Hero of Ages Brandon Sanderson 556
Sky of Swords Dave Duncan 450
The Galactic Gourmet James White 238
Mairelon the Magician Patricia Wrede 210
Magician’s Ward Patricia Wrede 209
The Last Guru Daniel Pinkwater 112

January Books 6 Pages 1775

The Three Musketeers Alexander Dumas 655
Blood Rites Jim Butcher 342
Dead Beat Jim Butcher 395
Catch 22 Joseph Heller 238 (D.N.F.)
Fanuilh Daniel Hood 216
Wizard’s Heir Daniel Hood 226

February Books 5.334 Pages 2072

Beggar’s Banquet Daniel Hood 237
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte 407
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 128

March Books 3 Pages 772

The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 173
The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett 172
Proven Guilty Jim Butcher 404
The Gypsy Morph Terry Brooks 402
Trading in Danger Elizabeth Moon 294
A War of Gifts Orson S. Card 126

April Books 6 Pages 1571

Marque and Reprisal Elizabeth Moon 324
Lord Valentine’s Castle Robert Silverberg 444
The Wings of Pegasus Anne McCaffery 446
Final Diagnosis James White 236
Engaging the Enemy Elizabeth Moon 401
Pegasus in Space Anne McCaffery 350
Sackett’s Land Louis L’Amour 134
To the Far Blue Mountains Louis L’Amour 242

May Books 8 Pages 2577

The Shining Steven King 505
Small Favor Jim Butcher 420
To the Last Man Jeff Shaara 636
The Adventures of Dr.Who Terrance Dicks 307
Tuck Stephen Lawhead 443
Lords and Ladies Terry Pratchett 314
Enders Shadow Orson S. Card 382

June Books 7 Pages 3007

Taggerung Brian Jacques 403
White Night Jim Butcher 404
The Rowan Anne McCaffery 235

July Books 3 Pages 1042

Seventh Son Orson Scott Card 241
The Silent Blade R.A. Salvatore 394
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand 1168
Hoka!Hoka!Hoka! Poul Anderson 201
Storm Front Jim Butcher 322
The Gilded Chain Dave Duncan 396
The Warriors Path Louis L’Amour 175
Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 311

August Books 8 Pages 3208

Damia Anne McCaffery 336
Slaves of Spiegel Daniel Pinkwater 76
Pawn Steven James 427
End of the Beginning Harry Turtledove 440
Fool Moon Jim Butcher 342
Skin Ted Dekker 395
The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander 130
Command Decision Elizabeth Moon 384
The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander 132
The Castle of Llyre Lloyd Alexander 122
Taran Wanderer Lloyd Alexander 148
Grave Peril Jim Butcher 378

September Books 12 Pages 3310

The Courtship of Princess Leia Dave Wolverton 327
The Book of Q Jonathan Rabb 375
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 216
Victory Conditions Elizabeth Moon 398
The High King Lloyd Alexander 170
The Last Continent Terry Pratchett 292
The Men Who Stare at Goats Jon Ronson 259
Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 342
Tinker Wen Spencer 315
The Spine of the World R.A. Salvatore 381

October Books 10 Pages 3075

Executive Orders Tom Clancy 874
Damia’s Children Anne McCaffery 272
Lyon’s Pride Anne McCaffery 272
The Rook Steven James 488
Deathworld Harry Harrison 456

November Books 5 Pages 2362

The Late Great Planet Earth Hal Lindsey 188
The Knight Steven James 492
New Spring:The Novel Robert Jordan 334
Hokas Pokas! Poul Anderson 196
Summer Knight Jim Butcher 371
Travels With Charley John Steinbeck 246
I Kissed Dating Goodbye Joshua Harris 228
The Ishbane Conspiracy Randy Alcorn 296

December Books 8 Pages 2351


Yearly Books 81 Pages 27122

You Know You're a Good Driver When.....

Your passengers look like this at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

This is something that I was tagged on on Facebook, and since I am sitting at home watching the plumber replace my hot water heater, I decided why not. Amazing what you will do when you are bored.

1. What color is your toothbrush?
White with blue striping.

2. Name one person who made you smile today:
Phil the Plumber

3. What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
Eating breakfast

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
Wasting time on the computer

5. What is your favorite candy bar?
Reese' Fast Break

6. Have you ever met a famous person?
Don't think so, though I have been to political rallies for famous people.

7. What is the last thing you said aloud
Thanks

8. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Edy's Girl Scout Cookies Samoa

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Water

10. Do you like your wallet?
Other than being to full of useless cards, yes.

11. What was the last thing you ate?
Omelette with horseradish cheese and turkey ham

12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
No. Not even in the last two

13,.The last sporting event you watched?
Fishercats Game

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?
Extra Butter

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to?
Lindsay

16. Ever go camping?
Yes, a couple of times even.

17. Do you take vitamins daily?
Not even close

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?
95% of the time. And sometimes I go twice, just to make up for the weeks I miss.

Someone else deleted #19; not me.

20. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza?
NO!

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?
Only at restaraunts.

22. What did your last text message say?
I think I was asking for prayer support

23. What are you doing tomorrow?
Work.

25. Look to your left, what do you see?
Entertainment center. Lots of black electronics!

26. What color is your watch?
Why do people still wear those things?

27. What do you think of when you hear Australia?
Desert

29. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru?
Usually go in for take out

30. What is your favorite number?
6

31. Who's the last person you talked to on the phone?
A rep. from city side management

32. Any plans today?
Get my hot water heater fixed

34. Biggest annoyance right now?
Bills

35. Last song listened to?
Sound track from Eureka 7

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards?
With a lot of stop and time

37. Do you have a maid service clean your house?
Hahahaha. Yes. Wesley's Unlimited.

38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
Not favorite, but I wear my Dr. Scholl's sneakers more than anything else

39. Are you jealous of anyone?
I would have to say I'm jealous of what I see, though if I really knew, probably not.

40. Is anyone jealous of you?
No one has ever said anything

41. Do you love anyone?
Lots of 'em, even.

42. Do any of your friends have children?
Some of them.

43. What do you usually do during the day?
Zone out :)

44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now?
Not that I can think of.

45. Do you use the word 'hello' daily?
I usually go with hi.

46. What color is your car?
Green, though it usually looks blue because it is dirty

47. Do you like cats?
Yes

And again with the deleting.. and it is still not my fault.

49. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
Several times in several places.

50. How did you get your worst scar?
Smacking my head on a coffee table. Or falling through it, or something like that. I don't really remember, since I was about three.

I'm curious.

I already I know I don't have a life, but I'm curious to see just how much of one I don't have.

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom. Have fun.

() Rocky Horror Picture Show
() Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
() Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
() Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Total: 6

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) Anchorman (on tv)
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x)Labyrinth
() Saw
() Saw II
() White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates (on tv)
(x) The Princess Diaries (on tv)
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 12

() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
() Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
(x) Scary Movie 4 (tv version)
(x) American Pie (tv version)
(x) American Pie 2 (tv version)
(x) American Wedding (tv version)
() American Pie Band Camp
Total so far:16

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
() The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
(x) The Village
() Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 23

(x) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
() The Grinch
()Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
() White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
() 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
Total so far: 26

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (tv version)
() Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
() Deep Impact
() KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed (tv version)
(x) Meet The Parents (tv version)
() Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG
Total so far: 31

(x) A Cinderella Story
() The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
() Halloween
(x) The Ring
() The Ring 2
(x) Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
Total so far: 35

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (tv version)
() Practical Magic
() Chicago
()Ghost Shixp
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
() Secret Window
() I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
() The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 37

() The Day After Tomorrow
() Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You (tv version, can't remember if I watched it all or not)
() Just Married
() Gothika
() Nightmare on Elm Street
() Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 41

() Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
() Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
() Predator II
() The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 50

(x) Independence Day
() Cujo
(x) A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
() Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
() My Bosses Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
() Rush Hour
() Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 54

() Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
() She's All That
() Calendar Girls
() Sideways
() Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
() Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 60

(X) X-Men
(X) X-2
(X) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Spider-Man 3
(x) Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
() Freaky Friday (the original, not Lindsey Lohan)
(x) Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions (tv version)
() Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 73

() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
() Old School
() The Notebook
() K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
() The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 75

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 81

() Baseketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
() Elf
(x) Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
(x) Three
Total so Far: 83

() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
Total so far: 86

() High Tension
() Club Dread
(x) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
() Waterworld
Total so far: 89

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
() Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total so far: 91

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 97

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs (tv version)
() Hannibal
total: 101