MLK



Something like this.

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, I started reading his autobiography.  My main hesitation with that guy is that he always seems so serious.  Always working on a cause.  Always saying something important.  I"m hoping there is some comedy in this thing.  So far, no good. 


Just a lot of talk about growing up in Atlanta, and being a member of a religious family and having a dad who was a badass.  He also calls his father "Daddy," which I am never ready for.  It shouldn't be a problem that grown men use the term Daddy.  And yet it is.  Unless it's in a song called "Patches."


I did find out that he did have a moment when he was like 12, when he questioned his faith.  Then he got that taken care of, and he was good to go. 


I'm also looking forward to quotes like this one from a speech.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.

Who uses hellhound in a sentence? Even when they write speeches?  That guy could really put words together. 

On a related note, I am reading it on my phone, having downloaded it from the Omaha Library website.  Pretty cool, right?  Maybe not so much.  I took a solid hour to get it all configured on my phone.  And you only get it for a week. 

Who reads a book in a week?

Re-reading books

I'm IMing with Kent about this, so I thought I would throw it out to you people:  Re-reading books - is it worth it?  I say it's a big fat waste of time.  Kent says otherwise.

Brent's List of Books He Read in 2010

1. The Awakening - Kate Chopin - This is about a lady who realizes her life is lousy and drowns herself in Mexico.  It's about self-loathing, and I like that.
2. O Pioneers!  Willa Cather - This book was a real disappointment.  It skipped over all the hardship pioneers stories, and turned into a story about love or something.  I don't remember. 
3. Sean Payton Book - Sean Payton did not try very hard on this book.
4. Drew Brees Book - Drew Brees tried maybe a little too hard on this book. 
5. Jeff Duncan Book - This was the best of the Saints Superbowl Books - which isn't saying much. 
6. Grapes of Wrath - America was not a very nice place in the 30's.  Hardship and dirt.  It was all hardship and dirt.
7. The Boy Detective Fails - Chuck's favorite book - or one of them.  It's a pretty cute Encyclopedia Brown style mystery, except EB is grown up.  And his life is very sad.
8. Huckleberry Finn - It's been a while since I finished this, and I honestly can't remember if this was better than I thought it would be or worse. I think I thought it was silly.
9. The Falling Man - I have almost no memory of this book.  It's kind of about 9/11, and it's a novel. 
10. Zeitoun - Best book I read this year.  1930's America was a walk in the park compared to New Orleans, Post-Katrina.
11. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  I am reading this now.  I have no idea why.  It's not even going that fast.  And the girl with the dragon tattoo is barely in it.  The majority of the story is about this douchebag cheeseball journalist.