The Ghost in My Brain

Ain’t that a kick in the head? [easyazon_link identifier=”0525426566″ locale=”US” tag=”londonthoug-20″]The Ghost in My Brain[/easyazon_link] starts off with Dr Clark Elliott coming close to freezing to death. This happens as he makes the two hour trek from his office to his car in the college parking lot. He goes into mind numbing detail about why this trip is taking him two hours, as opposed to the ten minutes it would take anyone else. He talks about his decision paralysis. About how he knows that he should just lay down and die-only he can’t remember how to lay down. He eventually makes…

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No Shortage of Good Days

John Gierach is a fly fisherman who has managed to turn his love into his profession.  He gets paid to roam around the country looking for little used trout streams and pull trouts out of them.  Along the way he talks about his hippie days, how he feels about the new rich, and how book tours are not as much as you might think.  His many opinions all lead, one way or another, to fishing, specifically, fly fishing. I’m not a fly fisherman, though I have been known to do a bit of fishing for carp, catfish, and the occasion…

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