promises

Holy cats! Getting a lot of search mileage from the Dove^® Promises post. Those awesome chocolate wonders are mighty popular.

We all know to add the words “in bed” to the end of the fortune in a fortune cookie. But what to do with the little messages printed on the inside of the Dove^® Promises mini-chocolate foil wrappers?

Easy… just add “you sad, lonely fatass.”

My message today: Promise yourself a smile today you sad, lonely fatass.

I know. I know.

It wasn’t that long ago that I remarked that this carved out slice of Internet space was woefully out of date. Look below about two posts and see it for yourself.

Like before, I have been keeping up with the reading. In fact, I’m just about to finish my June slog: Stephen King’s, The Stand. I started this beast a few days before my wife and I left for vacation Memorial Day weekend. [click to continue...]

Like Carl Lewis, this one got me from out of the gate. But unlike Lewis, the promise that “The Confession” reeled me in with vanished down the stretch.

This book had it all: successful shrink with a penchant for infidelity, sexy Marin, intriguing (if not fresh) plot, a sleazy prosecutor, an angry wife, and a crooked cop. But where did it go wrong?

Good question. But I want to start with where it went right.

The first thing that stood out to me was the complexity written into the hero’s character. He’s a self-made man from humble beginnings. Yes, I know, lots of cliche right there. But what I liked about this character is that he was well aware of his shortcomings from a perspective we really don’t get in such books. He’s a shrink and early on he lets us know what to expect with him.

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