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So I’ve been dragging this textbook around with me for 10 years.  10 years ago in November I married Joanna.  Prior to that date I had a perfect record of getting As in college.  The day we got married I had to skip a class, the class as a childhood development class and that day I skipped was one of the pop quizzes that was 10 percent of our grade.  Because of this I fell one point short of an A grade and the professor who I guess didn’t believe in pluses or minuses gave me a straight B.

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When I wanted to start reading more I assumed I would be reading fiction.  When I was Jr. High and High School I read at a pace of about 2 novels a week, it was a good defense against boredom with school and a way to spend my time in isolation without feeling lonely.   When I moved to Las Vegas I resumed the 2 novels a week pace, it was a good defense against poverty and you can buy 2 books a week for the same price that cable TV would cost you, new books even!  All this and you … Continue Reading

Ah Chuck Palahniuk, best known as the writer of Fight Club.  Before this book I had never read any of his books, I’m always shy about jumping on bandwagons.  I decided to end the policy of self enforced snobbery and give this one a try.

Choke is not for the kids, let me get that out right now.  The first chapter is about the main character attending his sex addicts anonymous meeting and he tells the stories of all the attendees.  It’s a chapter that would make Balzac blush but I laughed out loud the whole way through.

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