Hello and welcome to my blog! You'll go where I go, defile who I defile, eat who I eat. All Simpsons references aside, I finally figured it was time to be cool and have my own blog. So, here it is. If you decide to check in periodically (which I'm guessing most of you won't) you'll be able to check out some books and music I'm pimping, cool baseball gloves or bats I've found at flea markets/antique shows or something I haven't thought of yet.
Being my first post, I'll try to appear smarter than I really am and talk about some books that I would recommend reading:
The Miracle of St. Anthony by Adrian Wojnarowski
Being a huge Duke basketball fan, this book enticed me because Bobby Hurley was one of Duke's greatest players who I enjoyed watching as a lad. This book is about his father, the coach at St. Anthony's in New Jersey. I always knew that this team was a powerhouse but never understood the struggles the school had to just stay open. I was amazed at how generous and egoless Bob Hurley is, but yet he is super successful in coaching and life. I would reccomend this book to anyone, sports fan or not.
Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock
First, if you haven't seen the movie "Supersize Me", you need to go and see it right now. I watched it last October and haven't eaten at McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King or any similiar chains since. The book expands on the movie and goes into greater detail about the leverage Big Food has over the government, similiar to the tobacco companies. I'm especially interested about the school lunch programs. It seems the schools that have instituted highly nutritrious lunches have had less problems with behavior and better student performance. The cost is not much greater than what schools pay now. As a teacher, I would be interested in seeing this change take place. The book isn't very long but is well documented and I learned more, in addition to what I got from the movie. Spurlock is helping to spur my "the government is against us" theory.
Spinning the Globe - The Rise and Fall of the Harlem Globetrotters by Ben Green
I picked this book up at the library as a lark but it is super interesting. I didn't realize the influence the team had on basketball as we know, race relations and foreign relations. I'm about 2/3rds done and looking forward learning more.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Yes, I read it. Did I like it? Hmmm, sort of. The story is interesting but after the 4th and 5th books, I figured this one would be overdrive. Instead, we are treated to who knows how many wasted paragraphs about who is kissing who, who they are snogging now. Give me a break, their world is in crisis and this is what we have to waste our time reading about. The story segments with Harry and Dumbledore are very good but not developed far enough in my opinion. I'm guessing the last book is going to be close to 1000 pages to answer all of the "mysteries." Oh, and if you've read the book and know what happens, don't care what happens or just like spoilers, here is a cool shirt:
http://www.tshirthell.com/dumbledore.htm
Ok, that is about it for now. Hope you enjoyed my first post. Feel free to comment but keep it clean. ;)
Being my first post, I'll try to appear smarter than I really am and talk about some books that I would recommend reading:
The Miracle of St. Anthony by Adrian Wojnarowski
Being a huge Duke basketball fan, this book enticed me because Bobby Hurley was one of Duke's greatest players who I enjoyed watching as a lad. This book is about his father, the coach at St. Anthony's in New Jersey. I always knew that this team was a powerhouse but never understood the struggles the school had to just stay open. I was amazed at how generous and egoless Bob Hurley is, but yet he is super successful in coaching and life. I would reccomend this book to anyone, sports fan or not.
Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock
First, if you haven't seen the movie "Supersize Me", you need to go and see it right now. I watched it last October and haven't eaten at McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King or any similiar chains since. The book expands on the movie and goes into greater detail about the leverage Big Food has over the government, similiar to the tobacco companies. I'm especially interested about the school lunch programs. It seems the schools that have instituted highly nutritrious lunches have had less problems with behavior and better student performance. The cost is not much greater than what schools pay now. As a teacher, I would be interested in seeing this change take place. The book isn't very long but is well documented and I learned more, in addition to what I got from the movie. Spurlock is helping to spur my "the government is against us" theory.
Spinning the Globe - The Rise and Fall of the Harlem Globetrotters by Ben Green
I picked this book up at the library as a lark but it is super interesting. I didn't realize the influence the team had on basketball as we know, race relations and foreign relations. I'm about 2/3rds done and looking forward learning more.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Yes, I read it. Did I like it? Hmmm, sort of. The story is interesting but after the 4th and 5th books, I figured this one would be overdrive. Instead, we are treated to who knows how many wasted paragraphs about who is kissing who, who they are snogging now. Give me a break, their world is in crisis and this is what we have to waste our time reading about. The story segments with Harry and Dumbledore are very good but not developed far enough in my opinion. I'm guessing the last book is going to be close to 1000 pages to answer all of the "mysteries." Oh, and if you've read the book and know what happens, don't care what happens or just like spoilers, here is a cool shirt:
http://www.tshirthell.com/dumbledore.htm
Ok, that is about it for now. Hope you enjoyed my first post. Feel free to comment but keep it clean. ;)
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