I just finished the book "Dress your family in corduroy and denim" by David Sedaris. It's hard for me to pin-point what I like and dislike in his books because each chapter is an essay and none of them really correspond to each other. I did notice that in this particular book of his, quite a few of the essays ended on a sad note, which I haven't noticed when reading his other pieces. For instance, he has a short essay on a time his father threw him out of the house - David thought it was because he had graduated from college, moved back home, loafed around, and got high all the time. In the last couple sentences of the essay it's realized that none of these factors were the reason; his father threw him out because he found out David is gay. That broke my heart: to understand that the fact that David loafed around, didn't earn any money, did drugs all the time...none of that mattered like his sexuality did. I would find myself finishing essays with this kind of mood and I wasn't sure if it was something I could honestly like. While it was absolutely written well, it seemed to have been written in a slightly saddened, reflective time in his life. Granted, there were plenty of essays that made me laugh or times where I laughed during the sad essays, but it wasn't really what I was expecting and therefore I still can't decide if I liked it. I definitely would recommend it, but I would be more apt to recommend one of his other pieces first.

I'm picking up more hours at work and it's getting to be summer time so I'm looking for lighter, funnier things to read. Does anybody have any suggestions? I have a lot of serious books that I've wanted to read, but I just can't bring myself to dive into them right now. Anybody read anything witty and funny lately that they would recommend?

T-Rex SUE

So many of you know that I work as a Docent at the Field Museum in Chicago. I absolutely love this job. Even though I don't get paid, the amount of information that I have access to is unfathomable. As an educator, I can use this to my advantage. Whether it be preparing my kids for field trip, or using what I have learned there to start a lesson in my classroom, it is this kind of job that defines a person. I know that the econonmy is stinky, and that it is hard as hell to find a job, but I am rich with knowlege. One day who knows maybe I will write a book.

I am reading Tyranasaurus Sue. It is fantastic! Much of the information in this book, I have already learned about while training/studying for my docent test on Sue. Sue is the most complete T-rex ever found in the United States. None of the other t-rrex's found come close to her completeness. Having been found in 1990, and then put on display in 2000, one can imagine that her in her ten year hiatus, there was much controversy. This book explains the leagal battle over he bones. It is an excellent read!