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So my beloved Patriots made the Superbowl again. I couldn't be more thrilled although it is a little bittersweet for me not being in Boston during this time. Some of my favorite memories of the last 8 years involve the Patriots and Red Sox - it is so much fun to be a fan in your city when your team is doing well. There is a camaraderie that exists amongst strangers during the playoffs that is absent the rest of the year - people on the subway nod to you if you are wearing your teams hat or jersey, parents picking up their kids from school exchange a few words when they would normally stay silent, people smile more and life feels just a tiny bit easier for a while. With the exception of the last 2 years, I have watched just about every Patriot playoff game at a bar with friends. It is such a fun experience - the collective crowd cheering and booing at choice moments, people high fiving each other and beer flowing freely. I've had some of the best moments of my life watching the...

I hate winter. Let me just put that out there. It's dreary, bone chilling and boring as hell. Every winter my husband and I hibernate. We play computer games and find new shows to watch while drinking tea and cuddling with the cats. Its almost mind numbingly dull at times but what is the alternative? I'm not a winter sport type of gal and I can get pretty mean when I'm cold (or tired or hungry) so that doesn't leave me room for much excitement in January and February. So it is just work, computer games, working out and reading right now. I'm so boring, I might just doze off writing this. Thankfully, I've gotten into the books I'm reading. Last time I wrote, I was really frustrated with the first book in the "Chaos Walking" series but I am now on book number three and I have to say that it has gotten a lot better and the author seems to be tying things together pretty well. The biggest problem for me in this series is the sheer amount of violence an...

I am currently reading book 2 in a three part series called, "Chaos Walking." Its one of those dystopian type series that are all the rage right now. The first book in the series is called, "The Knife of Never Letting Go," and I read it pretty quickly which is silly for me to even write because I read everything quickly but this one I flew through. More so because it is a young adult novel and so easier to read rather than because it was so good I didn't want it to end which was not the case. It reminds me a lot of "The Hunger Games" series which was excellent but whereas "the Hunger Games" had amazing characters and completely engrossing, fast paced story telling, this series is slow moving, frustrating and disjointed. The characters are not developed at all and the story which has all the makings to be strong, just doesn't quite hit the mark. The premise of it is a good one: the main character, Todd a boy on the verge of becoming a man,...

Sadly I'm not reading anything at the moment. I have nothing new and so my plan today is to scour my bookshelves and find something I have not yet read. I've been thinking of re-reading one of my all time favorites, "The Great Gatsby" because I just found out that they are re-making the movie starring Leo DiCaprio...my all time favorite. He is like the Carey Grant or Bogart of our time - so cool and aloof and mysterious. Even if the movie sucks, it will at least be visually appealing. I just finished reading two books from two of my favorite thrill/horror writers: Stephen King and Dennis Lehane. One was good, the other sucked. Stephen King has to be one of the most depraved human beings on the planet but his writing really is good and his story telling ability one of the best of our time. Anything he writes even if I don't love the story, will always be at least intriguing and different. He is never predictable or stale. This most recent read was a collection of...