Book Review - The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)

I read this on holiday, enjoyed it as a great period piece, but I think it was otherwise dull. Mostly what I remembered was enough drinking to make my liver ache by proxy, and a big chunk of info on Alfred Packer which i greatly enjoyed. It reminded me of Sin City, but I didn't actually enjoy it as much. Apparently "Red harvest" is much better - I'll give that a try at some point.

In other news, book club is still good and I have yet to want to kill anyone (and I'm not just saying that to cover my tracks because I know they might be reading). Long may this last. I will write off my bad goth experience in Exeter and embrace my dark side ;)

Book Review - The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)

I read this on holiday, enjoyed it as a great period piece, but I think it was otherwise dull. Mostly what I remembered was enough drinking to make my liver ache by proxy, and a big chunk of info on Alfred Packer which i greatly enjoyed. It reminded me of Sin City, but I didn't actually enjoy it as much. Apparently "Red harvest" is much better - I'll give that a try at some point.

In other news, book club is still good and I have yet to want to kill anyone (and I'm not just saying that to cover my tracks because I know they might be reading). Long may this last. I will write off my bad goth experience in Exeter and embrace my dark side ;)

Question - am I going to have another one?

Answer = no. One child is enough for anyone, IMO. Or more realistically, it's a bit like vegetarianism in that I can't understand why people eat meat/have many children, but they do seem to just carry on doing it. On a global and personal level, there aren't enough definite resources for more than one, so I'm going to ignore all the good advice (like I usually do) and just carry on with the solo sprog.

Another thought is that I don't actually have any need for more than one - octomule has turned into such a lovely, balanced little 3-boy that I don't really see what more kids would add to the mix. Although to be fair, I never particularly saw what one kid would add to the mix, and the whole thing has turned out far better than it had any right to on paper.

3-boy has just had his third birthday. He seems to enjoy pretty much everything in life, and frequently states that he LOVES X, Y or Z, where those factors can be surprising things like salad and David Bowie (OH, I LOVE ALADDIN SANE!). He struggles with getting enough sleep, although we're just working through that, and apart from balking at the word "no" it's only tiredness that puts him in a temper. Sometimes he looks just like one or the other of my parents. He loves playing outside with water and plants, and being a naked baby. He's not that mad on toys with no constructive purpose (he likes tools and his cooker) but he loves books and reading :)

He's a good kid :)