Columbus Day

When I was in high school I remember being jealous of people who worked at banks. It seemed that every other week there was another obscure holiday that was celebrated only by government. At that time, to me, government was banks and the post office. I myself though am beginning my observance and remembrance of Columbus' journey and the European discovery of America.

It's not even nine and I already have my coffee and will be able to enjoy an entire day off from work. The History Channel is running the modern marvels on "Distilleries".

As they were discussing Scotch, one of the distillers told the legend of the Angels. Apparently each year a scotch sits in a barrel, it loses two percent of its volume to "the angels".

The Michigan football game was a strange one. I was even scared for a while in the beginning but really the game was not as close as the 33-22 score would lead one to believe. I watched the game with a bunch of my friends from Eastern and for 3 hours they might have well all have been from Columbus. The Lions showed their true colors again and I finished another book, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I didn't realize it from the description but this was a pretty girly book without much of a plot. The second I thought it might get interesting the drama all evaporated. I'd love to hear if anyone else had a better experience that I did with that book.

I bought The Picture of Dorian Gray last night and got about a quarter of the way through and it promises to be much better.

It's a true pleasure that I am writing this from the comfort of my own home as I remember Chris Columbus.