Catch up on all the reading that I need to do, so that I can become a better writer and not appear overly ignorant of the basic literary canon if I ever run into any MFA or Lit-educated types. This week while I was sick I finished Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver and I’m almost done The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O’Connor, so that’s something. The book stack on my nightstand is two feet tall. I also want to read my dictionary and thesaurus all the way through.