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August 4th, 2006

Book Meme

Adam requested that I complete this list, so here you go (btw, you can check out Adam’s here):

1. One book that changed your life:

I know it sounds cheesy but The Bible. While I have not read the whole thing it has definitely changed my life. Second place would have to go to Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

2. One book you’ve read more than once:

Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. I think Tolkien was master of the pen and I love to dive into his works as much as possible. I would give almost anything to go back in time and hang out with him and C.S. Lewis in the pub and discuss all manner of things (while use my British accent).

3. One book you’d want on a desert island:

101 Uses for Salt Water or You, Sand and the Fun You Can Have or Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying

4. One book that made you laugh:

Without Feathers, by Woody Allen.  This is absolutely some of the funniest stuff I have ever read. With selections like “A Guide to Some of the Lesser Ballets” to “The Whore of Mensa” I laughed, I cried, I wet my pants. If you want to laugh give this book a read.

5. One book that made you cry:

I don’t think I have ever cried while reading a book, but I have come close a couple times. I know this sounds strange but I almost cried at the end of Revenge of the Sith. Go ahead, laugh, get it out of your system while I explain. Just a side note, the book is an order of magnitude better than the movie so I suggest you read it.

Now let me explain, the emotion came two fold: one, this is a series that I have grown up and loved since I was a little boy. I have loved this series for as long as I can remember and with the ending of the book it finally closed a chapter of my childhood. I know there is the EU (which I read) and Star Wars lives on, but this actually put a finish to the movies. Two, the way the author gets inside the head of Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader, and shows you the motives behind his future actions made me really sad. The author portrayed Anakin as a tragedy better than the movie pulled it off. This is one of the few times that a surprise in a book changed the way I view the character now, in the future and more importantly, it changed the way a view the character and their motivations through all that I previously thought I knew and held dear.

6. Two books you wish had been written:

The Rise of King Aragorn and How to Lose Weight Without Life Style Change ;)

7. One book you wish had never been written:

There may be a lot of books written that I disagree with but I believe in people’s right to express their opinions in written word, I just don’t have to buy it.

8. One book you’re currently reading:

The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, Book 1), by Robert Jordan. Touted as taking the reigns from Tolkien and expanding the genre, I thought I would give this a try.

9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:

The Everlasting Man, by G.K. Chesterton

Tag five people

Ryan Pierce

David Gandy

Mike Wilkerson

Chelsea Ware

Andrew Mitchison

(I picked these 5 because they are the most likely to have read something in the past month)

August 1st, 2006

Gavin Lee Cowger

Sorry for the late post sis but the blogging system was down the last time I tried to write this.

Gavin Lee Cowger was born Friday, July 14th 2006, he was 19 1/2″ tall and came in at 6lbs 12oz.  He had a head of dark hair and looked like his father (we are still hoping this will change for the kid’s sake). I will post a picture as soon as Lesley gives me one.

Congrats Cowger family on the new addition!

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