Squeezing the Sponge

            Some poor girl in my office asked me today, during lunch, what kind of books I like to read.

            Poor girl, she never saw it coming.

            I was sitting by myself reading “Neutron Star” by Larry Niven. A book my big brother John gave to me some 20 years ago. I ran across it last night and decided to read it again (This will probably make 6 or 7 times).

            “What kind of books to do you read?”

            Suffice it to say, I talked for the rest of the lunch hour. By the time I was done her head was spinning, but on the up-side, she now knows why the sky is blue. I was in full pedantic mode. I never quite realize how much stuff is in my head until somebody asks me a question and I give an encyclopedic answer. I’m not trying to be a “Know-it-all”. I like to read a lot and I tend to retain a lot of information.

            Out of the blue last night, talking to Tony, I found myself giving a synopsis of Ronnie James Dio’s Heavy Metal career. Huh? Why do I know all this stuff? Just picked it up here and there and finally put it all in order. Oh?

            Am I holding a conversation of giving a lecture?

            I gotta cut back on the coffee at work…

 

JHO