okay, so we’re clear – this is one of those weeks that you’re not supposed to blog (i’m sure i’ll have sixth graders trying to – so don’t even try it sixth grade – i mean it:) i’ll block every single one of those blogs about your “baby” books – don’t push me…

“the last tycoon” by tj stiles – book about cornelius vanderbilt – guess what??? he was the last tycoon:) okay, so i’ve learned a bit more than that so far – i’m 400 pages into the 600 bio – it’s good – vanderbilt wasn’t studied a lot – he’s sort of lumped into the 1880s robber barons – but he was actually well before those guys – very imaginative – and creative – built an empire out of nothing – sort of represented the best of what america can produce – a guy that takes risks and pushes himself and succeeds – lots i didn’t know though and most of the names aren’t familiar so it’s slow reading

that was really the only book for the week – i’m down to like four books left in the old testament – zepheniah is next – read espn the mag – boston was the cover story – of course, the irony was boston collapsed this week – grr… at least bama is happier reading

enjoy finals week

mafeld