Foolin' Around

One of the pluses of being my age is having an LP collection.  I bought this new sometime in the '70s.

Hope you have a great April Fool's Day!  No Foolin'!

Occupation?

One of the pluses of being my age is having an LP collection.  I bought this new sometime in the '70s.

Hope you have a great April Fool's Day!  No Foolin'!

Blow Out the Candles May 12

There's only one Yogi Berra and  he's celebrating his 87th birthday today

 Hall of Fame left winger Johnny Bucyk is celebrating his 77th birthday today.

Musician Burt Bacharach is celebrating his 84th birthday today

Burt with lyricist Hal David

Comedian George Carlin was born in New York City, New York on this date in 1937.

I still have my LP copies of Class Clown and Occupation Foole from the 1970's.

Some of these may be offensive to some people:

Can't Read Too Many Books -- January 2012

There seems to be a trend developing among card bloggers to share what books they've been reading.  I'm all for this.  I read four books in January.  (Click the covers for links to Amazon.)

This book was a Christmas gift.  Part history of the baseball, part ball-hawking primer it was a quick fun read.

My rating (1-5):

I found this in the biography section of my local library.  I've been a fan since the 70's .  I still have my vinyl album copies of Class Clown and Occupation Foole .   Published after his death (thus the title) it seems a very honest account of Carlin's personal struggles and successes.

My rating (1-5):

This was another library find.  Though it's been there for a couple of years I think I'm the first to borrow it.   I was interested in Chagall both for his Jewish and Chicago connections.  Here's a link to a post of mine that shows his America stained glass windows at the Art Institute of Chicago.  The book was over 600 pages long and though I found Chagall's life interesting I wasn't that impressed with the the author's writing.  As can be a problem with books about art, there was a lot of description of works without accompanying pictures.

My rating (1-5):

I was pleasantly surprised to find this in the new arrivals section at the library.  I really enjoyed Barnes' last book, the part memoir, part philosophy, Nothing to be Frightened Of.  This one was not a disappointment.

Here are a couple of blurbs from reviews:

“An elegantly composed, quietly devastating tale about memory, aging, time and remorse. . . . Offers somber insights into life’s losses, mistakes and disappointments in a piercing, thought provoking narrative. Bleak as this may sound, the key word here—the note of encouragement—is ‘insights.’ And this beautiful book is full of them.” —NPR

“Dense with philosophical ideas . . . it manages to create genuine suspense as a sort of psychological detective story . . . Unpeeling the onion layers of the hero’s life while showing how [he] has sliced and diced his past in order to create a self he can live with. —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

My rating (1-5):

(You go to the head of the class if you recognize this man.)