Light reading

Usually, with a title like that, I'd say something about lasers, or optics, or something involving light.

Haha!

I'm actually going to talk about the books I've been reading for a few lines. Mostly I've been reading "Mail Call" lately, something about weapons and the military. I enjoy the book, but it's not exactly deep. Nothing on blood grooves, or how to make a bomb out of those chemical stoves they give you with MREs... nothing practical. Although it does feature at least one exploding watermelon, so it gets an "E" for effort.

I've also been shuffling through a book on the pirates Laffite. Turns out that one of my ancestors was a crewmember, and I'm deeply interested in the criminals in my family that weren't politicians or corporate goons. For the record, I'm also related to the James boys that wandered the American West, but only by marriage (my grandmother's). I don't remember the title of the book, but it's frippin' big. I checked the index already, so I'm thinking there's no reference, but it can't hurt.

From this point on, I digress. Proceed at your own risk.

What I last posted featured an actor by the name of John Kassir. John also portrayed "Zagreb" on HBO's "1st and 10"... one of the few shows that my father and I could watch and laugh at together. Until Delta Burke left. Then my father laughed alone.

But the man has apparently had his day in the sun, so I'll keep my eye on Jeff Kober.