...read when I can't sleep?

As a person who loves to read, books come and go on my nightstand as fast as my phone numbers used to change back in high school (High School reference for all you nostalgic people out there).

With that said, a new book that just planted itself on my nightstand recently is Andrew Chaikin’s A Man on the Moon: The Voyage of the Apollo Astronauts. Anyone remotely interested in space, or in Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell, or anyone who loved the movie Apollo 13 will love this books (Tom Hanks writes the forward to the book, for all my Apollo 13 movie lovers).

A quick review of the book (originally found ):

“For the 25th anniversary of the first moon landing, a winning and detailed account of the Apollo astronauts, a dozen of whom were the first human beings to walk on the face of the moon. The strength of the book lies in Chaikin’s exhaustive research, including interviews with all 24 Apollo astronauts. Chaikin, an editor of Sky and Telescope, draws on the wealth of material from NASA’s files — including recently declassified transcripts from the on-board voice recorders, which give candid glimpses of the astronauts’ thoughts not intended for outside ears (not even Mission Control’s). As a result, the reader gets an in-depth portrait of the program, which the book sets clearly in its time, with glimpses at the Vietnam War and social unrest at home that were eventually to overshadow its brilliant accomplishments. Even readers who followed the moon program at the time will find surprises (Buzz Aldrin’s celebrating communion after the first lunar lander touched down) as well as nostalgic reminders of how much fun it was (Alan Shepard’s smuggling along golf balls and a club head to try a few swings in lunar gravity). Chaikin effectively recaptures much of the emotion of Apollo: not only the macho fighter-jock exhilaration of flying higher and farther than anyone in history, but the worldwide tension when an explosion forced Apollo 13 to return prematurely to Earth; the frustration of astronauts bumped from the moon crews by illness or other twists of fate; the almost metaphysical calm of looking back at Earth from a quarter million miles away. And while the author’s main focus is rightly on the astronauts themselves, the supporting cast, from politicians to engineers — and especially wives and families — gets its fair share of the spotlight. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of space flight: well written, full of fascinating characters and facts, and above all worthy of its subject.”

Of any book, I would recommend this one to read, at least for right now.

Until Next Time,

Adeo, Out.

...ask for the next time someone offers to throw a birthday party for me?

Thank them, first of all. Secondly I would have that person contact Russell Simmons and the people at Adidas and have them throw one of these parties the Adidas website. Say you disagree with me…SAY IT!!!!!!!

...do when asked to write my own Letter of Recommendation?

Over my years, I’ve had to ask for many Letters of Recommendation, but never in my life have I had a potential writer ask me to write my own letter, so they can sign in. I haven’t the faintest clue how to write an amazing Letter of Recommendation, and had to do a little research, where I came across this site, which, among other things, lays out these key points:

• Say what cannot be.
• Invoke body blows.
• Leave no adjective unattended.
• Reinvigorate clichés.
• And forgive yourself while you’re at it.

Read the article in more detail, in case you every have to write your own letter. It’s pretty helpful.

do to keep cats from effing up my convertible top?

Probably purchase a small caliber rifle and a good scope. If you are worried about the cleanup, explaining the mess and/or the absense of your neighbor’s cat, the answer is a little difficult to find. Some messageboards recomend purchasing the “pet-off” kinda spray that keeps your cuddly wuddly claw-ball off your leather or tapestry upholstry. If you want to take an even more humane and green approach you can take fresh rosemary (if you have access) and boil it, then strain the water into a spray bottle and spray it on your top daily for about a week. Cats HATE the smell of rosemary, so if you don’t then go herbal on your car. It has kept my neighbor’s little hellian from using my car like a $7,500 scratch pad, and has given it a subtle aroma of rosemary. Don’t forget to repeat the process after a car wash. Woods

do if I want another felony under my belt??

Buy this belt buckle.

Wunder.Man:  It’s a felony… .but I still think I want one.

“The French Tsigane gypsies were known to handcraft belts similar to this for protection against other gypsy tribes and unsympathetic authorities.”

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(Today’s post title is brought to you by Super Pun…?)

do if my super power sucks?

Oh boy. Not you too!

There are many people out there that have mediocre super powers.  

My friend Glenn can watch 3-D movies without the glasses.  Although that sounds cool, he looks like an idiot in the theater.  

Adeo, a contributor to this blog, can increase in size, but only 1 inch in every direction.  Although this power is useful in bed it is not useful in any other situation and especially distracting because he cannot control when this increase happens.  He thinks it’s linked to the lunar calendar, but it seems to come on every time he watches Bill Nye: The Science Guy reruns. So…. weird.

While researching such mediocre powers i found Dale from Boise, Idaho has an interesting power: he is right handed, but when he writes with his left hand he writes in Icelandic.  He cannot speak or read Icelandic and is from Jersey so…. again…. not that useful.

so what SHOULD you do if your super power sucks?

Don’t tell anyone.

Use it as a bar trick.

Accept your lameness with pride.