Sorry for being away
yesterday, I woke up late and just was in a bit of a procrastinating mood. And before
I knew it the day got away from me. But it was a good day I got some reading
done. I also did some thinking. Still working on an idea I am having about
trees and Wi-Fi. It will filter through my head into something eventually.
Either a story or an actually productive idea not sure which yet. Still dealing
with a craving for Pepsi that started at 2 AM yesterday and it is driving me
batty. Enjoying class this week so far. I’m still a kid at heart I discovered
recently as I was looking through an email about stuffed animals and found
three I wanted to buy. I just think stuffed animals are cute what can I say. I’ll
post pictures in a future column don’t worry.
But today is not for talking about stuffed animals, today
we are in the library. And our topic of discussion is author, wrestler,
comedian, and dad, Mick Foley. Mick
started out his long career as a wrestler, which is how he earned his fame
initially. He put his body through hell for us the fans. But when he was
offered a chance to write his own autobiography up to a point in his career he
jumped at the chance. Becoming a New York Times Bestselling Author in the
process.
Mick doesn’t use a lot of fancy words or anything like
that. He just tells it like it is and cracks a joke or two here and there.
Often at the expense of his friend, Al Snow. But he finds the right rhythm for
the story. And writes like he is talking to you on your couch. Just sharing
stories left and right. And you are sucked in reading along like an apt
listener. He has written 12 books in a mixture of fiction and non-fiction as
well as in a mixture of books for adults and kids. And I have yet to read a bad
Mick Foley book.
Currently Mick is a stand up comedian and doing a damn
good job at it. He does a lot of story telling in his act both about wrestling
and his home life. He doesn’t swear in his act for the most part either. It is
very much family friendly from what I have seen of it. He wants everyone to
enjoy his show. The guy is all around friendly and tries to meet as many of the
fans as he can after each show as well. Always willing to sign an autograph
too. He is a major Santa’s Village junkie as well. Unfortunately he can’t go on
all the roller coasters he wants to because of injuries, which is a bummer because
he is also a roller coaster enthusiast. When you get to meet Mick Foley you
walk away thinking you have met the nicest guy in the world basically.
I hope you have enjoy my look at Mick Foley today. And I
hope you will check out both his books and his comedy show as well. I have an
idea for tomorrow but first I have to see if something else doesn’t pop up
first since there is another one popping up that might allow me to get up on my
soap box. For now I have to get my butt in gear on studying since I have a
Discussion Board due tomorrow. *Tips his hat and walks out the door towards the
study.*
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