During the final months of my Junior year in High School I started to date a young woman.  Upon one of my first visits to her home her younger siblings introduced me to a set of books that I thought were pretty cool.

They were pretty basic.  You had to simply follow he story and on these large pages find various things on the pages, but in the end you have to find the main character, Waldo.  As you progressed through the book it became more and more difficult to find him, but they were great fun.

A day or two later, before school started she brought me a present.  Her mom had purchased an additional Waldo book (it just happened to have the last and most difficult in the series at the time) for me.  I was a bit surprised and wasn’t sure if this was a gift or a bribe.  A gift because she liked me or a bribe to stay away from her daughter.

I’ve still got the book and my own kids today, 19 years later.  It’s a bit worse for wear and my own kids like to pull it out on occasion and try to find Waldo.

But the students at Rutgers made it MUCH more simple for me to find Waldo today

Ok, so maybe my plan to read a book (yes a single book) has stalled and I’m not further along than I was at the beginning of the month.

Maybe I’ll try again in February.

I selected and began reading the book that I’d like to read for the remainder of my break.

It’s Soul of the Lion – A Biography of General Joshua L. Chamberlain.  I bought it while in Gettysburg this summer.  I’ve always been interested in Chamberlain’s life and am excited to read it.  Now I just need to force myself to sit down and take a few moments to read.  So far I’m on page 18.  I’ve got a long way to go before next Monday.

Suddenly my Friday evening has opened up quite substantially.

Or wait….never mind.

This is me being a good husband (I really do love my wife) for her allowing me to go shooting (soon).

I can’t say much, I’ve not read the books so I have no idea what to expect.  Maybe I’ll be a huge fan come Saturday morning and start reading the books, but somehow I doubt it.

He died yesterday.  I was introduced to his books as a teenager in my Senior English class.

I read several of them and have often wanted to read more of them, but due to the lack of free time I haven’t read many books lately.  In fact I’ve been working on one book for about 5 years now and I’m still not even halfway through it.

Reading the articles about his life today makes me want to read more of his works.  Now if only I had the time.