As a non-Mormon who lives and works in southern Utah I have two thoughts:

1) Spend a little time here and you'll gain a lot of admiration for how family-oriented the people are and how clean and safe the communities are

BUT

2) There is definitely a set way of doing things here that is run through the Mormon church and outsiders better tread carefully.

I'm with you, Mike. I can't muster any sympathy for Michael, except maybe a little for what wealth, fame and Hollywood ends up doing to some people.

Hi Steve. I agree with you on Joyce but "Portrait" is highly readable, unlike "Ulysses" or, god forbid, "Finnegans Wake." I can't crack either.

1) "Germinal," Emile Zola.
2) "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin," Benjamin Franklin.
3) "Adventures into the Unknown Interior of America," Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
4) "A Confederacy of Dunces," John Kennedy Toole.
5) "Journey to the End of the Night," Louis Ferdinand Celine.
6) "Canterbury Tales," Geoffrey Chaucer.
7) "Main Street," Sinclair Lewis.
8) "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," James Joyce.
9) "The Russia House," John LeCarre.
10) "Paddle to the Amazon," Don Starkell.
11) "East of Eden," John Steinbeck.
12) "The Aeneid," Virgil.
13) "A Religious Orgy in Tennessee," H.L. Mencken.
14) "The Sheltering Sky," Paul Bowles.
15) "John Adams," David G. McCullough.

75 push-ups is pretty stellar, you know, for an old guy. Haha. I probably couldn't do 50.

Sorry to throw a wrench at you but I DEMAND a new photo.