Not quite as addictive as catchThirtyThree, but still an effective timewaster…I give you Gutterball. Gotta have some distractions when you’re ill. Managed to get to the wedding yesterday, though I’m sure some folks were wishing we hadn’t. We were quite the cranky trio. The little man was squirrely throughout the ceremony, and throwing down some serious tantrums at the reception. He spent most of his time kicking his feet while laying on the floor, underneath my chair, as I attempted to socialize and scarf down some food. We left shortly thereafter, without getting to sample the lovely looking vegan wedding cake. But within minutes of driving home the monkey was sound asleep. Sometimes you just need to nap. And once home the poor husband was hitting the nebulizer hardcore. Me, I was just happy to get back into my jammies, and the comfy chair. Finished the book I was reading too. Seems I have a thing for religious space opera. A couple of years back I read Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow and its sequel, Children of God…both about Catholics in space. And the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons also includes Catholics in space, as well as the Church of the Final Atonement and other fictional religious groups. But the latest of this lot is The Dazzle of Day, featuring Friends in space. No, not Phoebe and Chandler type friends…though that television show has a cult following I fail to understand. But I’m referring to Friends of the Quaker flavor. It wasn’t a gripping page-turner, as I’ve been leaning towards lately, but instead an insightful tale…both sorrowful and sweet. Not sure what to follow it up with. Think I may need to mull it over a while before starting a new book. But when I’m ready, I may take James up on one of his recommendations (in his response to question #3).