Collected Thoughts

Also I started a really stupid book that someone gave me (it'd been left at work), it's called the Chairman or something like that. I can't remember the guy's name. I got to chapter 3 (I think) and couldn't stand it any longer. Each chapter started with a definition from the finicial industry --which is fine since I don't know anything about it. BUT! It starts at some big wig's funeral and the new Chairman is looking around, etc and lists the names and positions of people there -- not just football coach, senator, etc --but totally name dropping fictional names. He did it later as well.

Then they leave the funeral and he's talking to some guy whose name should have been John Exposition because it was blah blah blah, like on CSI when the techs should know how something works but go "oh! that's right technical stuff for the auidence" and look kind of stupid. So after the Exposition they are walking near a limo that explodes! The Chairman isn't hurt, just a cut on his head, and some lady passing by is dead, and the Chairman (who has a name but I forget -- he's 36 and attractive, that comes up more than once) is cut, but he bravely goes on to the reception after the funeral. Everyone sort of leaves and there are NO COPS. Seriously. A limo explodes and some chick dies and he's all "no! no! I must solider on to the reception where we can Exposition some more!"

But, he shows compassion and tells his John Exposition (formerly his equal now his minion -- the New Chairman takes time to totally smack down Mr. Exposition and establish his Alpha Dominance) to find out who the woman was, discretely, he wants to take care of her family, but not get sued. Then Chairman takes out "his Blackberry -- a cordless email, internet, and phone device --" that's what it says! I sat there stunned that the author not only defined what a Blackberry was but did it in a stupid manner. Cordless? Shouldn't it be wireless? It felt like the author was name dropping -- look ! I use the coolest gadgets!

At that point I was about to quit the book but I decided to see if it got worse. Which it did, I only made it a few pages further.


So the New Chairman goes to the reception and wanders into the Ex Chairman's office his home looking around taking in the smell of leather and smoke and thinking "MINE!! ALL MINE!!" (only wordier), when some other guy (also a former equal but now a total minion, but he was almost the Chairman! he lost by one vote! And he says "fuck" a lot which makes the New Chairman mad) who comes in and says "our conspiracy didn't work!" and tells the New Chairman "yeah, we tried to kill you, John Exposition was supposed to get you closer to the limo but he failed". The New Chairman reacts with "I figured your nefarious plan out as soon as it happened! Take that! BTW here's my fresh new idea about how to make us more money, wanna hear it?"


Which is when I threw down the book in disgust.

I'm sure this guy has made lots of money on the book, stupid people should not be allowed to write stupid books.