The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

This is the best first novel by a living author that I've read in a long, long time.

Diane weaves a fascinating tale that, once you get past the first couple of chapters, will hook you and make this book very difficult to put down.

I won't go into what the story is about as there's a lot of other places where you can get that, but this is a highly recommended read. If you enjoy a good story that will keep you guessing this is the book for you.

I will be looking forward to Diane's next book.

Now do yourself a favor and go out and grab a copy for yourself.

Cycle For Independence 2007

My Wife and I rode in the Cycle for Independence this year. We rode the 25 mile route.

This is the first of four charity rides that we plan on doing this year. It may also be the shortest. The next one coming up is Bob LeBow where we will be riding the 35 mile route once again. Followed by the Tour De Boise(40 miles) and last but not least the Blues Cruise.

Each ride will be setting a new distance record for Amy since her accident. However she continues to get stronger and I think after Bob LeBow we'll see real progress since that was the ride she had her accident in last year.

Anyway, back to the Cycle for Independence. There was approximately 300 riders for the event and it seemed like the majority of riders had some sort of corporate sponsors.

It started out windy but not unbearable and it was an excellent way to really kick off cycling season.

How Did You Spend Mother's Day?

As you can tell ours was peaceful.

Crystal Light or Crystal Meth?

So were at the grocery store and the kids want some sort of drink. We happen to see a shelf full of various Crystal Light On the Go drink mixes and we decide to buy a box for them.

We get home, eat dinner, and all is well. Then we decide to make the drink...

About an hour has passed, the kids have both downed their drink and I decide to make some for myself. That's when I notice a couple of key words on the box; "Energy", and "Caffeine".


To make a long story short. One kid stayed awake until after 10 p.m. The other until 1 a.m.

Watership Down - the Book and the Movie

I've been meaning to post about this for awhile as I finished both over a month ago. Anyway on to my thoughts.

The Book: Watership Down the novel is an incredible story. I won't say too much about it as there's plenty of reviews all over the place except that I enjoyed it enough that now that I've read it and own a copy I will read it several times in my future I'm sure. In fact for my kids if it's not assigned in school when their old enough it will be required summer reading. Everyone should check this out.

The Movie: This may have been a good animated movie back in the seventies, but watching it on DVD now is a disaster. The color fluctuates from frame to frame in some spots, the animation is inconsistent, the sound is off in parts. That's just technical stuff. As for the "story" part well that's a mess. If your curious about Watership Down and think that watching the movie first to gauge your interest is the way to go do yourself a favor and don't. This DVD is a complete waste of time and money. The only good thing I can say about it is at least I rented it rather than bought the piece of shit.