A Painted House by John Grisham

A Truly Fantastic Book.

Here is something that I've noticed about the great majority of women on dating sites. They never seem to want to ask a man anything about himself. The man has to ask everything about the woman. If he doesn't, he's not showing enough interest. For anyone to have a conversation with another person, there has to be a give and take between them.

One cannot carry the whole conversation by themselves. It would absolutely thrill me for a woman to ask me about myself in conversation. But, in the past 11 years that I've been doing this online thing, I would say that 98% of women never ask me about myself. I find it odd that they go out with me, but never ask anything about me. I find it odd that if I didn't just come out and start telling about myself, they would never know about anything concerning me.

But, if I'm not constantly asking about every aspect of their lives, they think I'm not interested. Shouldn't it work both ways?

Ditto. I've experienced that as a woman.

"Last of the Mohicans" never gets old for me.

I am a fan of Downton Abby, Doctor Who, Being Human (first couple of seasons), and Sherlock (starring Cumberbatch). I am sure if I tried to think of a few others I would have a longer list.

What is your favorite British television show? Is it the acting, the story line, the different feel to the production, or all the above or something else?

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick azz! And, I'm all out of bubblegum."

An adlib from John Carpenter's They Live.