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Item 1 - got nothing terribly productive done over the weekend. I know, shocker.
Item 2 - just read a horrible book foisted on me by a coworker. The only good thing to be said about it is that it was thankfully short. It's a very preachy, religious book about a woman whose husband dies of ALS. And as much as I feel horrible for her and what then went through, it was still a bloody awful book.
Obviously, the not-even-remotely-subtle religious beating over the head was very tiring. But even beyond that there were issues. The women's exclamation key should have been taken away, for starters. Half the book was played out in my head as if read by an over-excited chihuahua puppy. Oh! My! Goodness! It was so dramatic! Everything was a blessing! And when it wasn't smacking you about the head with enthusiasm, it read like... well, like someone who'd never written before just took up blogging (though apparently she had experience in writing and journalism....).
And then there was the religion.
The sheer number of things she decided were divinely given was mind-boggling. Thank god the insurance covered all but $30 worth of the medication's cost! (Nothing to do with, oh, I fon't know, the insurance plan you bought and paid for? She said this like it was some great surprise.) She was thankfulthat god provided the funds for them to purchase a new church and pay off the old house when they got the insurance money from the kid who crashed into the front of the church, destroying some stone pillars and - oh yeah - killing the other kid in the car. (Don't worry, there was a whole two sentences dedicated to the tragedy of the dead kid!)
I could go on, but I don't want to give myself a tension headache from grinding my teeth. Ugh.
Item 3 - is an item because all lists must have three things.
Item 2 - just read a horrible book foisted on me by a coworker. The only good thing to be said about it is that it was thankfully short. It's a very preachy, religious book about a woman whose husband dies of ALS. And as much as I feel horrible for her and what then went through, it was still a bloody awful book.
Obviously, the not-even-remotely-subtle religious beating over the head was very tiring. But even beyond that there were issues. The women's exclamation key should have been taken away, for starters. Half the book was played out in my head as if read by an over-excited chihuahua puppy. Oh! My! Goodness! It was so dramatic! Everything was a blessing! And when it wasn't smacking you about the head with enthusiasm, it read like... well, like someone who'd never written before just took up blogging (though apparently she had experience in writing and journalism....).
And then there was the religion.
The sheer number of things she decided were divinely given was mind-boggling. Thank god the insurance covered all but $30 worth of the medication's cost! (Nothing to do with, oh, I fon't know, the insurance plan you bought and paid for? She said this like it was some great surprise.) She was thankfulthat god provided the funds for them to purchase a new church and pay off the old house when they got the insurance money from the kid who crashed into the front of the church, destroying some stone pillars and - oh yeah - killing the other kid in the car. (Don't worry, there was a whole two sentences dedicated to the tragedy of the dead kid!)
I could go on, but I don't want to give myself a tension headache from grinding my teeth. Ugh.
Item 3 - is an item because all lists must have three things.