My most popular blogs end up being the ones where I talk about being a dad.

By your logic I should also be in charge of Solinade dances, needlework, and horse thieving.

Stories only happen to people who can tell them.

...hear rumors and go digging for the painful truth beneath the lovely lies. You believe you have a right to these things, but you don't. When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due.

Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning.

It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.

My thought is, if you're a book lover, you're going to enjoy winning a book even if it's not something you'd ordinarily pick up on your own. It's a chance to expand your horizons a little.