Friday

So I just took the personality test and have no idea what the score means.  Have to say some of the questions seemed to complex for a yes or no answer.  for instance there was one that asked if you easily understood new theoretical theories.  Well ya I can probably understand some but if you try to explain one about nuclear fission there's no way I'm going to understand it.  Lol anyway ya still not sure how to score it but I scored as an ESTJ whatever that means. Till the beginning...........

Currently

The Way We Played the Game: 141pgs
Rules for my Unborn Son: 209pgs 
Total pages: 350pgs


Favorite sentences: If you get yourself arrested, call me. You get one free pass.  I like this sentence from Rules my Unborn Son because it shows how Dad's understand that their sons are going to screw up at least once and it's nothing to hold against them because it happens.

Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.  I like this one just because it goes back to the idea that you remain calm under pressure even if you're panicking inside.

Smile at pretty girls.  This one is self explanatory.

Opening Chapter

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.  So with that I will start at the end in the hopes of making it to the beginning.  First book I read this week was The Way We Played the Game by John Armstrong.  Something interesting about the book before even reading the first page of a chapter is that the the story was written in the early 70's and given to a local historical club to publish but was put in storage and forgotten until years later when the church it was stored in was struck by lightning.  Miraculously it and hundreds of other documents survived.  John Armstrong found the story and made some slight changes here and there to truly make it a story and the rest is history.  The book is really about how football was played in the 1900s focusing on a Benton Harbor football team that's out for revenge and also the dawning of football in America.  The story mainly follows a high school football player named Fletcher Van Horne.  He's a scrawny kid, weighing only about 115 and is only around 5'2".  He is selected to play quarterback because while not big and strong he's fast and more importantly smart enough to play it.  In the early days of football coaches weren't allowed to really coach during a game so it was up to the QB to decide what plays to run and when.  I personally can relate to Fletcher mainly because like him I'm undersized.  I know that whenever I step onto the field I'm going to be facing someone who probably outweighs me by 50lbs and can look over me without trouble.  Like Fletcher this doesn't bother me, as they say the smaller you are the easier it is to blindside someone.
Anyway back to the story, its a good football novel that really shows the brotherhood of the game especially back then.  It shows that hard work pays off in the end and it was truly a good book.  And with that I suppose it's time to end this beginning that is technically and end.