And Looky What He Can Do!

Sure, you all know that my idol Alan F Arkin is an actor's actor. But how many of you bastards out there knew he was an author as well? None of you, right? Well, I did, so take that, readers. Nanny nanny poo poo.

But it was only this week (yesterday, to be exact) that I've had the opportunity to get my hands on a little of his reading material. This is a kids' book (I think he's done four of those) called "The Lemming Condition." And a very sweet book it is, I read it on my Thursday afternoon off. It tells the story of a young lemming on "The Day," the day his entire community makes the trip over the cliffs. He doesn't understand what it is, or why, and tries to get some answers (with the help of a few animal friends) before it all takes place.

It also, oddly enough, contains a few curse words here and there. And I liked that. I liked it quite a bit, goddammit.

So there you go. Alan F Arkin. Renaissance Man. Read him. Watch him. Love him.

Betland's Olympic Update:
* Update from Tuesday's blog, where I said I wasn't qualified to say whether or not Kanye West deserved to lose the awards he lost and pouted over. After seeing him perform tonight, I feel qualified. He did. But hey, he was still in there helping out.
* Update from last night's blog, just in case you're wondering why I just don't eat a lot of protein. I can't hold all I need, it won't fit. Plus, there's malabsorption.