The "ICE CREAM TRUCK DANCE"
- Okay, this is 100% "feel good."
The apocalyptic siren song that is Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
While stuck in bed earlier this month recovering from the flu, my husband surprised me by coming in and handing me a copy of The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. "This is a perfect time to read this" he said. Now, don't ask me why anyone would hand someone they love a story about the end of the world. Especially someone coughing up a lung from H1N1, but, what can I say? That's just one of the bizarre little quirks which passes for true love around here. Quite reluctantly I began reading this, quite sure that given the bleak nature of the story combined with our entire family getting Swine Flu, was simply going to ensure this book ended up in the literary graveyard that is my side of my bed until a sunnier day. However, much to my surprise, I immediately fell under the spell of The Road. It was quite simply, impossible to put down, whether or not I was feverish and coughing. My husband knows me so well. So, now that I'm almost done with the novel, I find I'm p...
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Well, I walked around the corner and I walked around the block
And I walked right into a donut shop
And I scooped up a donut right out of the grease and I handed the lady a five cent piece.
Well, she looked at the nickel and she looked at me
And she said this nickel is no good to me
There's a hole in the middle and it goes right through - and I said, There's a hole in the donut too!