Little Task Master

I worked until noon today. Then took Tug for a walk and then a little nap. Now I'm working on the March issue. I've been listening to a very good speech given by Mitch Daniels at CPAC. This guy I think would be a good candidate.

http://cspan.org/Events/Top-Republicans-Headline-Todays-CPAC/10737419537-2/

Practical, good core values. Keep an eye on this one.

I think I'll be reading next ROMAN BLOOD by Steven Saylor. This is 1st of 12 in series featuring Gordianus the Finder, a private investigator in the 1st century BCE in Rome. Here is a description:

Elena asks that you come to the House of Swans at once . . . Compelled by this message, the wealthy, sybaritic Sextus Roscius goes not to his harlot, but to his doom—savagely murdered by unknown assassins. In the unseasonable heat of a spring morning in 80 B.C., Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate staking his reputation on this case. The charge is patricide; the motive, a son's greed. The punishment, rooted deep in Roman tradition, is horrific beyond imagining. Gordianus's investigation takes him through the city's raucous, pungent streets and deep into urban Umbria, unraveling layers of deceit, twisted passions, and murderous desperation. From pompous, rouged nobles to wily slaves to citizens of seemingly simple virtue, the case becomes a political nightmare. As the defense proceeds toward a devastating confrontation in the Forum, one man's fate may be threaten the very leaders of Rome itself.

It was published in 1991 and has 401 pages. I think I'm going to attempt to add a few new series to my repertoire. I know, I know, I don't have time to read them all as it is. But sometimes you have to freshen things up a bit. I've been meaning to get to the Roman authors for years -- I have read one or two Lindsey Davis's -- and I was in the mood for this I think. Last month I added David Dickinson; this month, it looks to be Saylor. I saw both Saylor and Davis at Bcon in October. I can hear Saylor's voice when I'm reading this. He's an intelligent, quick-speaking, slight man and hearing him intrigued me even more to his works. So there it is.

Cops isn't on TV tonight so I'm not sure what we'll do. We do have a DVD to watch. Or, we've both been working today, we may just end up doing our own things with which to unwind.


Okay, back to work. Off you go.

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster