A Cup Of Coffee And A Good Trashy Book

Yesterday my husband & I had the longest conversation we've ever had about this subject ---coffee. While we are both coffee snobs (must grind our own bean), our degree of caffeine addiction has gone from a couple of pots of Starbucks Breakfast Blend on the weekend to "is it time for another cup?". This is because of 'The Tassimo'. It's one of those coffee makers that uses discs to fire up a cup of coffee in about 30 seconds. Here's the problem: we bought the Tassimo because we were particular, but casual, coffee drinkers. The logic was we could afford the discs of coffee (it is more expensive than regular coffee) because we drink so little. Okay, now logic has gone out the window, because we can't stop using our new toy. Yeah, I know, we really need to find a regular babysitter and get out of the house more...


Over the holidays I had a chance to do some reading and would love to pass along the books to you. The first one was comedian Steve Martin's biography "Born Standing Up". It was the BEST book I've read in a long, long, time. He's always been my favorite comedian & I really enjoy his acting and movie roles. While I knew he was a playwright, I had no idea he was such a wonderful writer. This book will have you laughing, thinking, and crying. He chronicles his standup career, reaching back as far as his first jobs as a pre-teen at Disneyland. There are passages in the book where his descriptions are so vivid that you feel as though you are taking a trip down memory lane to a place with which you are also very familiar. There are other times, when his awkwardness, disappointment, and determination are so palpable it's as though he just relayed the stories to you in person. It is a must read book for any Steve Martin fan or anyone who is a fan of stand up comedy.

Before you start to say, 'hey back up on the book club crap', take it easy. I also read the most addictive, trashiest book I've read in a long time. Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue) & The Heroin Diaries. I ripped through it in about a day and a half because it was so over the top sex, drugs,sex, drugs, sex, drugs, & rock n roll!

There is a third book that I'm in the middle of right now; the new Tom Cruise unauthorized biography. It's written by Andrew Morton, who years ago did the Diana biography. It's pretty good so far and on Monday (1/22), we'll actually interview Andrew Morton. Listen around 7a.m. to hear it.