Book Review (The Naked Olympics) and so much more...

First, The Naked Olympics. Not something I'd call compelling reading, but a fun tour through the ancient Grecian Olympics. In summation, they were naked, hot, smelly, sweaty, erotic, bawdry, and everyone and everything was covered with olive oil. I learned a bit, and got quite a good impression of what the atmosphere was like. Recommended beach reading.

Two fun quotes:

The playwright Eubulus advised wise guests to stop at the third cup, because "the fourth belongs to hubris, the fifth to shouting, the sixth to revel, the seventh to black eyes, the eighth to legal actions, the ninth to bile and the tenth to madness."

Ok, so one quote.

In other news, the band toured for a nearly two weeks. We had 4 days off in Williston, ND, which was pure hell. Cooped up in a condo with the 5 people you're around 24/7 is like running barefoot on a sandpaper treadmill.

During that time I saw "The Incredibles," and thoroughly enjoyed it. The latest rash of 007 movies could take volumes of notes on how to create a bad-guy secret lair. A much better movie than, say, Team America.

I've also picked up Half-Life 2. Fantastish. Check out my thoughts here.

Book Review (The Colour of Magic), and website update.

The short part first. I've prettyfied my craptastic website. It's here. I'm working on a stylesheet that mimics the CSS of this blog. I don't know about you folks, but I love being able to choose style sheets when I arrive at a website. Maybe just because it's something you can do in FF, but not IE.

Oh, and this one's for you, UC. You can now post comments w/o registering. Wimp.

Just finished Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic, his first book in the 'Discworld' universe. (Yes, we're talking about nerdy sci-fi/fantasy here.) I don't think these books are going to ever earn a Pulitzer prize, but they're fun, and utterly random in a way that no other genre of books would allow for. I call these books 'popcorn reads:' they're light and easy to gobble down. I intend to read most of these, so these reviews will be shorter--more of synapsis than a review:

Main characters: Rincewind and Twoflower (and his Luggage).
Plot: Rincewind, a failed wizard, is forced to act as 'tour guide' for Twoflower. This book seems like a diet version of The Odyssey.