Words of the Week

Old Wahoo just started reading Michael Lewis' "Home Game," a collection of essays on fatherhood. Lewis also wrote the book "Moneyball" and the book upon which the Academy Award-nominated film "The Blind Side" is based.

"... I realized that all around me fathers were pretending to do one thing, and feel one way, when in fact they were doing and feeling all sorts of things, and then engaging afterward in what amounted to an extended coverup."

- Michael Lewis, "Home Game"

Michael Lewis and Fatherhood

Michael Lewis, the author of "Moneyball," one of Old Wahoo's favorite books, has written a new book entitled "Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood." If it's as good as most of the stuff he has done, it should be excellent, and I'm hoping it's not some sappy, "Tuesdays with Morrie"-type deal with a lesson learned at the end of each chapter. He talked about it with Matt Lauer on the Today Show on Monday. If you have five minutes, it's worth a look. I think a lot of his feelings are familiar.

Here's an excerpt from the book, and here's an interesting Q&A with Lewis from MSNBC.com.