Books...

I have been on a reading tear lately.

Then I had to go to the medi-center today.  My throat has felt like I was swallowing knives and I have not slept in three days.  It is Sunday.  My doctor is not in.  I had to sit in the waiting room for over an hour.  This office had the ubiquitous flat screen TV with "news" 12 on.  What is it with all these doctor's offices with this TV and the same channel?  Whatever happened to reading the magazines they put there for you?  Or bringing your own reading, like I do?  Well, it made me feel even worse.  If you get your news from that channel, you are not better informed.  I could feel my brain atrophy at the minutes ticked by.  I even burped.  Now, I do not burp.  Last year I did once.  My lifetime high was three in a year.  You could be sitting next to me and not know I burped.  But this channel made me so ill, I burped.  At least I got a prescription for this fever and sore throat so that I can go to work tomorrow.

But so...

I have been reading a ton lately.  I read a David Sedaris book, a book on urban exploration, two art books, my regular political periodicals, a Duran Duran book, some zines....  So my brain will recover from the doctor's visit.   I just feel like I can't get enough reading.  I want to go and order more and more books from my favourite publishers and the library.

And my stellar quote of the day:  "Always have a spare bookmark, because you never know when you'll need it."

I am proud of that one.