Yackety-Yak

• I’m still sick but have a DR appt tomorrow. I figured when I started coughing up velvety red plasma today that I might need to check things out. Thank you for all the well wishes, prayers, emails, etc you sent my way – it’s nice to know people care – especially when you’re sick.

• I read 3 books while I was laying around sick last week and over the weekend.

1. “Cross” by James Patterson — great read. I always love his Alex Cross books and this one was no different.
2. “The Innocent Man” by John Grisham – another good read, although different than his normal pace and a non-fiction tale as well. Corruption, maleficence – a judicial nightmare…literally. And lastly,
   
3. “The King of Lies” by John Hart. A friend of mine recommended this book and I am so very glad he did. I literally could not lay the book down and read it in one day. It is quite possibly my favorite read ever. That’s saying something since I read tons of books a year and have done so for many years. I simply don’t have the words to describe it – but if you enjoy thrillers, eloquent prose, imagery so real you literally feel “in the book” with the characters, you should pick it up. I promise you will not be disappointed.

• GO GATORS! NCAA National Football Champions!!!! I always pull for SEC teams in bowl games. And in all but one of my college bowl picks I picked them to win. Yay! They spanked the Buckeyes if I do say so myself and I am absolutely thrilled over it. Thrilled I tell you. OSU had not played the caliber of opponents that Florida had this year and they seemed to walk with a premature victory gate. My impression was that they only thought they had to utter through 4 quarters of play and collect their trophy and title. Ha! Oh victory is so sweet! Don’t misunderstand, Ohio is a good team — but they weren’t good enough – not tonight. (And to think, we only lost to them 17-16 when we played them — and should have won!!!)