A blog about a book . . about a blog.

What with starting my own blog, and being a big fan of pretty much everything Star Trek, I have recently been checking out Wil Wheaton dot net. Best known in most circles as starring in Stand By Me and Star Trek: The Next Generation , Wil Wheaton is now best known in geeky circles as a blogger and published writer, and also as being a fairly big geek himself. Hence the title of his book 'Just A Geek'.

A book which I decided to buy and am really glad I did, as it is one the few books that I have read in one day, and possibly the only one I have read in one go. Based on posts from his blog, the book goes into often very personal detail about many things, most notably his personal battle with what he calls 'Prove To Everyone That Quitting Star Trek Wasn't A Mistake', his need for acceptance and recognition for his own merits, which he often amusingly talks about in the second person.

Chronicling certain events, Wil shares all aspects of his life including his struggles as an actor, the joys of living with his wife and step children, and his mixed reactions to the large impact of Star Trek and its fans. All of which makes for funny, honest and very compelling reading. Certainly the best book I have read recently, and almost possibly the best book I have read in a very long time.

Tag, I'm it

Having been tagged by three people (even though Kate tagged everyone, which is probably cheating) I now apparently have to reveal 8 random facts about myself. As many of my friends often describe me as a random person, this could be very random indeed.

Random squared, one could say. So here goes.

1. My favourite Subway sandwich is Ham and Turkey on Italian herb and cheese, not toasted, with extra cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, gherkin (or pickle, as they insist on calling it), with either barbecue or ranch sauce.

2. I once used the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 on the lottery. I didn't win anything.

3. The only email I ever had from my personal tutor at university read "Email Mikel Koven." Mikel Koven was indeed very helpful.

4. I have seen three films from the so called 'Video Nasty' list. The Evil Dead is too slapstick to be taken seriously and I got bored watching The Last House On The Left and The House On The Edge Of The Park. I subsequently don't consider any of them to be nasty.

5. In sixth form drama lessons, my group and I used to quote I'm Alan Partridge to each other. Abso-Bloody-Exactly!!

6. The album I am listening to at the moment (when I say at the moment, I mean at the time of my writing, not whenever you are reading this) is the Life On Mars soundtrack.

7. One of my favourite facts is that the elephant is the only animal to have four knees.

8. My earliest memory is of having my brother's friend's family argue over who will feed me fish fingers. I have no idea why I remember that.

Fairly random, I think you'll agree, but since the only people I know who have blogs are the ones who tagged me, I can't really tag anyone else myself. Unless Mum, Kate and Deb can think of another eight random facts???