Conversations : sad books, adaptations, steinbeck.
Reading anything good this week?
I asked the bookstore clerk.
Let's see...
he said.
Not really. Just read The Accident. I don't recommend it though. It's very sad.
Oh.
I said.
It sounds sad.
And...
he continued.
I'm reading Herman Hess. And...I just finally read Steinbeck's King Arthur!
Nice!
I said.
I devoured every Arthurian story and book I could get ahold of when I was younger. And now it sounds like a big screen adaptation is in the works.
I don't know about that.
he said
Those don't usually work out very well.
Yeah.
I said.
Sounds like it could be a six-film or so deal, but it sounds like there could be some decent people involved. They're looking to cast Charlie what's-his-face, the main guy from Sons of Anarchy.
Well, it might be alright then.
he said.
Yeah, maybe.
I said.
Sons of Anarchy is too violent for my taste.
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I will definitely try out anything King Arthur though.
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Becca and I split parenting and work. One works, the other schools, plays, and raises young minds and hearts. Then we switch the next day. We have done a variation of this for over eleven years and going strong.
Strong-ish?
I am not avoiding the phrase SAHD (stay at home dad) for any particular reason, other than the fact that it doesn't quite apply in our case accurately. We both raise children, we both work, we both stay home at some points and work at other points. It's great when there's one parent to work five days and one parent to stay home five days or whatever, but that's not us. We keep things hopping and make things work. Most of the time, mostly well.
