My Current Interest

           Lately all I have wanted to do is laugh.   Usually when that is what I really want or need to do, I discover it is difficult to find funny things.   Thankfully this time I have found quite a few and School of Rock is one of them.                 I saw this movie when it came out in theatres I do not know what year.   As I was not a Jack Black fan at the time, I believe I saw it because someone else wanted to.   I did not know I would come away loving the movie and despite owning the DVD, watching it repeatedly on TV.                 Mr. Black plays Dewey a man who has just been kicked out of his band and does not really have a direction in life.   He lives with his friend, Ned, and Ned’s very controlling girlfriend in a not very big apartment.   Desperate, Dewey poses as Ned and takes a substitute teaching job at a high end prep school.   Clearly Dewey is not qualified to be a teacher, but he discovers the kids’ musical talent and decides to turn them into a band.        

           Most people in the world like chocolate.   There are some who do not, and that is fine.   Liking chocolate is not a requirement in life last I knew.   Whether you like chocolate or not, I hope you like this series set in a chocolate shop.   It is a series of light mysteries without too much blood or gore.   Each one can be read fairly quickly and different chocolate facts are included in each book.                 Lee has divorced her husband and moved from Texas to a small town in Michigan.   Her aunt owns a chocolate shop there, Ten Huis Chocolade, and Lee has taken on the responsibility of the accounting for the shop.   She has not been in town long, and after an unusual delivery she agrees to serve at a party held by a famous attorney.   While this may not sound very exciting on the surface, this attorney is hated by nearly everyone.   Also, the attorney’s ex-husband, Joe, happens to be someone Lee had a crush on during her teenage summers.   I cannot say the party is

                About a month ago I stayed home from work very ill.   The first day I could hardly keep my eyes open.   On the second day I felt well enough to at least read.   I figured I would read for about an hour until noon and then I would take another nap.   Noon quickly turned into three in the afternoon.   I had started Already Home a couple days earlier and now that I was up for reading, that is all I wanted to do.   Eventually I took my much needed nap, but not until I had finished the book.                 Jenna is a chef who leaves an ex-husband and a restaurant career to return to her hometown in Texas.   On an impulse she opens a cooking store despite her lack of knowledge of the retail world.   Thankfully Jenna makes the wise decision to hire Violet.   While Jenna has the cooking skills, Violet is the one with the great ideas to get the store going.                 When the store really starts to get moving, an unusual surprise walks in the front door, Jenna’s biolog

            Only four seasons long, The Tudors is a fantastic series.   It centers on Henry the VIII of England played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers.   This is quite a task since the show spans I do not know how many years, six wives, and a lot of physical changes.   For the most part, Mr. Rhys Meyers does very well.   I cannot imagine it is easy to play someone so much older and dying as is the case in the final season.   He not only portrays Henry VIII as the traditional view, stubborn and unyielding, but as a human with moments of feeling and caring.   This must have been a hard balance to master on such a historical figure.                    Although the series is short, there are quite a few cast changes.   This is not because cast members leave the show, but Henry VIII has a tendency to get rid of people.   Frequently.   Whether they are thrown out of court or killed, characters come and go often.   One character that remains is Charles Brandon, played by Henry Cavill.   He is a re

                It took several trips to the library for me to check this book out, and I did it with great trepidation.   Staring at me from the shelf, the book kept calling to me, telling me I really did want to read what was on its pages.   I was unsure, but eventually my curiosity won out and I brought it home.   It had to sit around for a bit since I, being a tad superstitious at times, did not want to read a book about tennis during a major tournament.   This is especially true since I was not optimistic about what was going to be written about my favorite player.   So you are probably wondering if I was so hesitant, why did I read the book at all?   As I said, I was curious.   I had read John McEnroe’s book, and as he and Patrick McEnroe are brothers, I was wondering how different their stories were.   Then there was also the fact that this book was recently published and I figured my favorite players would be mentioned more often than in other tennis books I have read.   Read