Heartbreak Hotel
I'm alone for the next few days.

Most Patient Wife is out of town attending a conference relating to her work, and AngryTeen is visiting her grandparents for a while.

So that just leaves me and the kitties. But I have a big week planned.

Tonight, I'm driving cab. Woo hoo.

Tomorrow I'm working on a series of guest editorials for the paper.

Wednesday, I'm taking one of the guys from the group home I work at on an outing. He's excited as all get-out; for me, it's just another day of work.

Thursday, I'm doing something fun with MPW. Haven't decided what just yet.

Friday, I'm taking MPW to the airport. Then I'm going to the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association Festival at "Beautiful El Rancho Manana" in Richmond, Minnesota

Saturday, I'm back at the Festival. I won tickets to attend two days, which is cool.

Sunday, I have to make sure the house is ready for the Return of The WomenFolk.

Monday, I'm picking MPW up back at the airport.

In the meantime, I'm reading and writing. I'm plowing my way through The Gospel According to Paul by Robin Griffith-Jones, a super-scholar of the Anglican Church. It's fascinating, but slow going, so I've taken in some other books as light reading:

Appaloosa, by Robert B. Parker. The creator of Spenser tells the tale of two itinerant lawmen in the old west. A fun read.

Everything You know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies, edited by Russ Kick. A disturbing book, documented and researched -- and probably true, every frickin word.

From the Columbine shootings to the Manson murders to Mad Cow Disease, (and a whole lot more) this book has piles of resources, interviews and documents to show that there were more than two shooters at the first, the second had little to do at all with race but everything to do with a drug deal gone bad, and that there really have been deaths of Mad Cow in the US. Interesting, compelling and scary as hell. I've re-read this thing twice, and MPW said she wants to look at it herself.

Hallowed Murder is the first book in a series featuring Jane Lawless, a restraunt owner in Minneapolis who investigates crime. Jane and her irrepressible sidekick Cordelia run around making people mad and figuring things out until the truth is brought to light. Jane and Cordelia are best friends, and lesbians. I plan on reading the rest of the book in this series.

Waiting at the library for me to pick up is the latest Stephanie Plum novel Eleven On Top. These books by Janet Evanovich are funny and fast-moving, so I am really looking forward to reading it in the next couple of days.

All of this, combined with working out at the World's Least Intimidating Health Club (TM) should keep me busy enough, I suppose.