Three Men in a Boat

All right, I’ve had it.

Many of you know about the Dark and Stormy Book Club, prominently linked on the right there. It’s an Internet radio show and blog I’ve co-hosted with Saintseester and Mrs. Chili for several months now. “Hey, that’s neat, Bo,” lots of you say. “Cool idea!” I hear from others. I hear this in person, on the telephone, and by email. I even hear “hey, I’ll read with you! That sounds like a lot of fun!”

And then none of you ever do.

Oh, ‘seester’s friends listen and blog. Chili’s friends listen and blog. What are my friends doing? Well, something else, it seems. And y’all love books. And y’all know who you are. And if you think I’m talking about you, I almost certainly am. And this is the most sentences in a row I’ve ever started with a conjunction, I think.

You raise that eyebrow from across the ballroom, you “accidentally” show me your stocking top, you hug me a little too closely for a little too long, you get me drunk on your perfume, and you whisper that you’ll be up in a minute.

And I wind up having a $17 shot of Maker’s Mark from the mini-bar and going to sleep with the Weather Channel on.

Tease.

Well, this is the month. Our book is Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome. It was first published in 1889. I selected it because none of us hosts have read it, and I wanted that novelty. I also selected it because we’ve had a steady diet of dehumanization, exploitation, armageddonization (heh), and all sorts of downer topics along those lines, and I thought we could use a laugh.

Now here’s where all you teases come in. This book is 144 pages long. You can do this. You can start now and do it. Come with us this time. We see increases in traffic on the radio broadcast every month, and none of them are my friends. Do three things this month:

• Read! As I said, it’s 144 pages. You could even start next week.
• Listen!  This month’s show is set for Sunday, February 24, at 8 pm CST.
• Blog! Discuss it with us.

It’s easy. Come on up, sweet thing. I’ll respect you in the morning.

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