Then, me and my family got to go to a nice irish pub for dinner.
Monday, January 27, 2014
SOL
Catch-22 Week 2
This week I continued to read Catch-22. I can't say much more about the book than I did last time without giving stuff away, so if you want to know more about the book, read last weeks post. Instead in this post I'll just answer the mandatory questions.
A classic is a book or story that has a moral and the majority of people who read it believe it to be one of the best books ever written. I believe that Catch-22 falls under both of these criteria, so I do believe it to be a classic. However, it would help enormously if Joseph Heller suddenly died, since that always help a classic be more classicy. Catch-22 has the moral that war is horrible, and that people who are impacted by war never get better. However, it shows this in a humorous way, making it a good book, although I don't think it comes even close to the LOTR books.
A classic is a book or story that has a moral and the majority of people who read it believe it to be one of the best books ever written. I believe that Catch-22 falls under both of these criteria, so I do believe it to be a classic. However, it would help enormously if Joseph Heller suddenly died, since that always help a classic be more classicy. Catch-22 has the moral that war is horrible, and that people who are impacted by war never get better. However, it shows this in a humorous way, making it a good book, although I don't think it comes even close to the LOTR books.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Catch-22
It is about a World War II Bombardier named Yossarin, who is desperate to get out of having to fight. He tries everything humanly possible in order to get relieved of duty. The book opens on him in a hospital, pretending to be sick because if he is sick, they can't force him to fly any missions. No one in his hospital is actually sick, because all those that were sick are now dead, except for one old man. The hospital has a mass breakout, in which him and all his not actually sick friends tell the doctors about them not really being sick, forcing them back to duty. The colonel who is keeping them in duty, Colonel Cathehart, keeps raising the amount of missions necessary to be relieved of duty. One of the main conflicts of the book is that if you are willing to fly missions, you are insane, and therefore unfit for duty. However, if one is shown to be insane, and therefore unfit for duty, submitting a request to be relieved of duty because of insanity proves that one is sane, since one is unwilling to continue serving, so insanity can't be a reason for being relieved. It is an interesting book, and if you haven't read it and aren't planning to, you should definitely read it.
Friday, January 17, 2014
SOL 1/17/14
Recently I have been reading Catch-22. If you would like to read this book, don't read the below paragraph, as it contains some spoilers.
It is about a World War II Bombardier named Yossarin, who is desperate to get out of having to fight. He tries everything humanly possible in order to get relieved of duty. The book opens on him in a hospital, pretending to be sick because if he is sick, they can't force him to fly any missions. No one in his hospital is actually sick, because all those that were sick are now dead, except for one old man. The hospital has a mass breakout, in which him and all his not actually sick friends tell the doctors about them not really being sick, forcing them back to duty. The colonel who is keeping them in duty, Colonel Cathehart, keeps raising the amount of missions necessary to be relieved of duty. One of the main conflicts of the book is that if you are willing to fly missions, you are insane, and therefore unfit for duty. However, if one is shown to be insane, and therefore unfit for duty, submitting a request to be relieved of duty because of insanity proves that one is sane, since one is unwilling to continue serving, so insanity can't be a reason for being relieved. It is an interesting book, and if you haven't read it and aren't planning to, you should definitely read it.
I know that this is more of a book review than a slice, but I figure I can use it anyway.
It is about a World War II Bombardier named Yossarin, who is desperate to get out of having to fight. He tries everything humanly possible in order to get relieved of duty. The book opens on him in a hospital, pretending to be sick because if he is sick, they can't force him to fly any missions. No one in his hospital is actually sick, because all those that were sick are now dead, except for one old man. The hospital has a mass breakout, in which him and all his not actually sick friends tell the doctors about them not really being sick, forcing them back to duty. The colonel who is keeping them in duty, Colonel Cathehart, keeps raising the amount of missions necessary to be relieved of duty. One of the main conflicts of the book is that if you are willing to fly missions, you are insane, and therefore unfit for duty. However, if one is shown to be insane, and therefore unfit for duty, submitting a request to be relieved of duty because of insanity proves that one is sane, since one is unwilling to continue serving, so insanity can't be a reason for being relieved. It is an interesting book, and if you haven't read it and aren't planning to, you should definitely read it.
I know that this is more of a book review than a slice, but I figure I can use it anyway.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Week 19
This week I read "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. It is a good book about a guy who lives in a post apocalyptic society where everyone plays a video game called OASIS basically every waking hour that they have. When the creator and owner of the OASIS dies, he leaves in his will that whoever wins a tournament in the OASIS wins the OASIS. The main character then sets out to win the tournament, and it is about his struggles. I would recommend this book to any and all who like to read fiction.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Slice of life
It turns out that getting a cast off is not all that it is made up to be. They take a big electric saw and try to chop my arm off. (It actually doesn't cut at the right frequency to cut skin, but it is still kind of weird watching them use a giant circular saw to cut the cast). After that attempt to cut the arm off, they take a big crab crusher and use it to pry open the cast. They take off the big sock looking thing, which by now looks like it is made of mud its so dirty. They leave for a little while I get to wash my arm, which feels really weird after being in a cast for so long, but after sensation comes back to my arm, feels pretty good. I get to scratch my unbearably itchy arm, they check to make sure there was no nerve damage, and I'm off and good to go. They say to come back if I can't move my elbow normally within three weeks.
After the cast is off, I now need to work hard every day to get my elbow back to normal workings. At first, it doesn't move at all, which is a really weird sensation. Then, as I try every day, my elbow slowly gets back to working normally. After my elbow is starting to work normally, I have to get my arm to not look like a mummy's. I have to wash it over and over to get rid of the thick layers of dead skin. Then I have to use an exercise ball to get my lower arm muscle back, and I have to lift heavy objects in order to have my biceps even show up. By now, I feel like I am starting to use my arm again, three and a half weeks after I had my cast taken off.
People always make it sound like as soon as the cast is off, the arm will immediately feel better and back to normal. It does feel nice to be able to scratch and alleviate the itching a little, but the arm is basically a useless, itchy piece of skin for the next two weeks.
After the cast is off, I now need to work hard every day to get my elbow back to normal workings. At first, it doesn't move at all, which is a really weird sensation. Then, as I try every day, my elbow slowly gets back to working normally. After my elbow is starting to work normally, I have to get my arm to not look like a mummy's. I have to wash it over and over to get rid of the thick layers of dead skin. Then I have to use an exercise ball to get my lower arm muscle back, and I have to lift heavy objects in order to have my biceps even show up. By now, I feel like I am starting to use my arm again, three and a half weeks after I had my cast taken off.
People always make it sound like as soon as the cast is off, the arm will immediately feel better and back to normal. It does feel nice to be able to scratch and alleviate the itching a little, but the arm is basically a useless, itchy piece of skin for the next two weeks.
Monday, January 6, 2014
house of hades
The House Of Hades
By Rick Riordan
This was a pretty good book that continued a decent series by a pretty good author. It is definitely written for a much younger audience. It is about the struggles a a group of seven demigods trying to save the world from the god of the earth, which I generally believe to be pretty close to impossible, given that they are basically trying to save the world from it self. despite the weak plot line, the writing is decent, which makes the book kind of interesting. I would recommend this book for someone looking to slack off on their reading, since it can be passed for a two week book, even though it is easy enough to be read as a one week book.
By Rick Riordan
This was a pretty good book that continued a decent series by a pretty good author. It is definitely written for a much younger audience. It is about the struggles a a group of seven demigods trying to save the world from the god of the earth, which I generally believe to be pretty close to impossible, given that they are basically trying to save the world from it self. despite the weak plot line, the writing is decent, which makes the book kind of interesting. I would recommend this book for someone looking to slack off on their reading, since it can be passed for a two week book, even though it is easy enough to be read as a one week book.
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