I was *really* early for Catechism last night, so I browsed through the parish library.  I ended up checking out Steve Ray’s “Crossing the Tiber.”  Now, I came from an atheist background, and didn’t do any sort of research before deciding to come into the church, so my story is completely different from his.  However, this book is amazing!  I didn’t get home until 8:30 pm last night, and I went to bed around 11:30 pm, and in between I had to do a load of laundry, wash some dishes, feed the cats, and have dinner, and I still managed to read half the book!!!  As an aside, he is the crazy footnoting man, but these are well worth the time; most of the “research” part of the book is in the footnotes, while the “story” part is in the main text.

For once, I may *actually* return a library book before it’s due date!  How amazing is that?!  (Yes, I keep libraries solvent via my late fees.  Some day, I’ll have to get back to Troy Public Library and pay that fine from the Harry Potter book I checked out about 2-3 years ago.  If they charge interest on the fine, I may have to fund that expansion they were talking about….  Not that I don’t mean to pay it, I just never find the time to get over there….  They don’t seem to have many/any Catholic books.  Perhaps if they did, I would go more frequently.  Just a thought.)