dear darlings,
i’m off to work football media days with the sec for the next few days – so not much reading – outside of football – which doesn’t count in most academic circles – and why are all academic geometric shapes circles anyway???

on to the list…
“wounded by school” – wonderful book about how school can really mess you up – while the last sentence can be read with sarcasm, the book did have a point – i made the most notes on that book that i’ve made on a book in a long, long time – scary responsibility to be a teacher sometimes…

“i can now die in peace” by bill simmons – i think i got the title right – anyway, the book was about the 2004 red sox – the first few pages were very, very funny – afterwards, what i enjoyed was just going back to a time when people wondered if the red sox would ever win a title – what a difference a few years makes

“a perfect mess” by eric abrahamson – how small messes are actually good – made me feel better about my house:) actually, the book had a good point – that being obsessed over order isn’t good – it’s psychotic – i thought that the point was made by like 12 and the following 300 pages sort of just beat the poor point to death

“far side gallery” – funny, funny book – and sense gary larson, the creator of the series – did the book, there was plenty of back story on some of his favorite cartoons – had forgotten how much i enjoyed the series until that read

guess those are the highlights – hope you enjoy your hot summer days

sincerely,
dr roy