Book: The Dark Side

These details are totally irrelevant for this entry but for those of you that care, this photo was shot with the Nikon D2X through the Micro-Nikkor 60/2.8 at F/8, ISO 100. Light source was a single Power Z head driven by a Balcar Nexus A3200 modified with an FX60 reflector and 20degree spot grid.

Leanna and I were supposed to be baking cookies and banana bread today but scheduling got all screwed up. She recently received one of those mystery savings cards in the mail and we decided to take a trip out to Chapters. Savings range from $5 to $1000 but the clerk jinxed the card by saying that everyone gets the $5 discount and he got a $100 discount. Bastard. On the way, we noticed that Athabasca Books at 105 St. and 82 Ave. was doing their final clearance so we popped in for a look. Everything was 60% off and even the book shelves were for sale. The heartless business person in me scoffed at the closure and screamed "it's about time!" But I could hear the soft sobbing of another voice within me that sympathized with the independent book store owner. It felt her pain. But that didn't stop me from enjoying some nice discounts on some books. I just started reading the pictured book. It's subtitled "The Personal Price of a Political Life" and though I've barely cracked the cover I can already tell that it's going to be an interesting read. It's littered with witty, pessimistic quotes that would make Dr. E. L. Kersten proud. I've gotten through the preface and I'm going to stop here until later considering that I just got to enjoy the sunrise at the END of my day through my studio windows.

Other books included a traditionally-bound copy of Emily Bronte's classic work Wuthering Heights in a matching bone board case, an early edition collection of Alexander Pope's minor poems, and Thomas Hobbes' most famous work, Leviathan. Total bill was about $36 or about as much as what Leanna paid for Jack Welch's book Winning. Leanna got this book for me and I am very happy. Thanks Leanna for driving me out and reuniting me with some fun reading. I'm dedicating the new "Reading" category of my blog to you. During my four year degree program I read no more than 200 pages from the 10,000 or so required pages of text for my classes. So at this same rate, November 19th's purchases should keep me occupied until my 40th birthday. Then again, these books should be far more interesting those those books about supply chain management, performance and quality measurement, and that book that we had to read for that class that was filled with kids waiting for their parents to  die so that they could inherit their parents' companies . . . I mean ORG A 488: Managing Family Enterprise. Anyway, there's no measure for the value of a good literary work but the business voice inside of me says it's a good deal. Athabasca Books will be opened until November 26th and at the end of that day it will close its doors forever. Don't miss the sale. The store is at 105th street and 82 Ave. A short walk from the high school that Leanna and I attended that will remain unnamed.

While there we saw Justin, Jonathan's friend. I didn't recognize at first because he was wearing sunglasses . . . and it was really dark outside. Yeah, man, Leanna says you're hot. Or something.