Today is the Day

It's funny how people, like me, put out and share some personal information that nobody really cares about.  Yet we do it all the time, even with pictures.  So here's some sharing.

Today is a big day in the LQLarry household.  We are having a new patio door retrofitted in to replace the one that wore out and then I broke the outside pane.  The tracks are flattened and even if I had been successful in replacing the rollers I don't think we would have been happy.  We are also replacing a single pane garden window in our kitchen, which my wife sets her pretties in.  The three problems with it are single pane so the heat comes right through it, it is too deep and my wife is so short she can't put anything in the window, so I have to do that, and lastly the crank goes through a hole purposely made in the screen so bugs come in if we open the window.  We live in a desert where it is uncommon to be 100 degrees at 11:00 PM and both these windows are west facing, catching the most sun and heat.  The new windows are Title 24 and very energy efficient for today, anyway.

Another big thing about today is that it's my son's 32nd birthday so we build him the computer of his dreams.  Here are the specs. https://www.wepc.com/builds/best-gaming-pc-under-800/

Today I finish Wool, by Hugh Howey, a book that got me hooked, a really good book.  Then I go back in time and re-read Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey, the 7th book in the Expanse series because I don't remember it.  Next week I start the 8th book, Tiamat's Wrath.

I think this will be a good way to end March and bring in April reading.  According to http://booklikes.com/ I've got 21 books read this year before finishing Wool and according to https://www.goodreads.com/ I'll have 43 when I finish Wool.  I counted a lot of "The Old Man's War" with Goodreads that didn't get counted on Booklikes, but no biggie

If I'm Not Reading It's BAMA Football, Part 2

Part 2 and 2nd place. Clemson whooped us.  It doesn't matter if it was 1 point, they whooped us. By a lot more than 1 point.  There's a lot of positives from this season, but it looks like we quit playing after the 1st quarter in the Oklahoma game. Too many mistakes and obviously not enough points. Our young defensive backfield hurt us some after 6 injuries but we have no excuses.

Next year we have a good recruitment of 4 and 5-star players so I expect we'll be fighting in the mix for a shot at the final 4 but I don't like being brash and making bold statements.

I will say this, 99% of college football is sooo happy BAMA & Saben got beat.  Something they can rarely EVER say.  Only one team can say they beat BAMA this year. Can your team say that?

#RTR, #ROLLTIDEROLL

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

I rate this 7 out of 10

Old Man's War is the 1st book of a series by John Scalzi called Old Man's War. I plan to read the series through to the last book available but I'm not sure if I'll read the novellas.

Old Man's War is written around the life of John Perry starting on his 75th birthday. The day he starts his two-year commitment in the military. This military will only take people 75 years old. The thing about it is he has no idea what happens to him after he starts his new career. Nobody on earth does either.

There is no antagonist in this book, it's just his military life, his successes, and losses.

As a book, it is a good read.  Not great but well worth the read.  This book can be read as a stand-alone book as it does end with no open-ended story lines. 

This is the type of books I love! Enjoy

Finished 12/29/2018

Old Man's War by John Scalzi (2005)

Book 1 in the Old Man's War series
Goodreads Link
BookLikes Link