My apartment is kind of annoying right now, as the only comfortable place to sit is in front of the computer. I could also lie down on the bed, which, believe me, I’ve been doing a lot. You see, I’m going through a furniture purge, and I’m a dimwit so I didn’t realize that if you want “nice” furniture you have to wait 3 to 4 to 5 to 6 months for it to get made in Italy or wherever and hop on a boat and come live with you forever. I am now an adult, it would seem.
So when I came home hungry and had nowhere to sit and nothing in the fridge, and most frustratingly nothing to read, I became cranky. So I hopped on to the Seattle Public Library site to see if I could at least get some books coming my way. (I’ve had kind of bad luck finding anything I wanted to read at Bailey/Coy or Twice Sold Tales recently. I read a lot of nonfiction, and they keep letting me down.) But hey wow! There were 3 books waiting for me at my local branch!
Brainiac, by the dork who won a lot of money on Jeopardy!
When Genius Failed, about the collapse of Long Term Capital Management.
Thomas Jefferson, an Intimate History, by my new pal Fawn Brodie.
I started reading the T-Jeff book over a burrito and two margaritas at the new Bimbo’s — Mondays are happy hour all day! — and I think it looks promising. Now that I have 3 books in the house, I’m less cranky.
I also added two more books to my SPL wishlist: No Ordinary Time, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, about the Roosevelt’s stateside activities during WW2, and Team of Rivals, her book about Lincoln’s cabinet. Let me pause for a second to strongly recommend her amazing first book, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, especially if you’ve ever had any interest in reading something about LBJ. It’s not a blow-by-blow of his political life, it’s much more a personal history. Dude was a horribly flawed beautiful genius of a politician, and this book is a really quick and fascinating read.
Vinny out!
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