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[Bongo Bill]

Today I'm reading Tirant lo Blanc, or at least an abridged modern English translation thereof, a chivalric romance published in 1490. No less esteemed a figure than Miguel de Cervantes once called it the best book of its kind, but it's not widely known today because it's originally in Catalan rather than a more widespread language like Spanish.

The first chapter alone has faked deaths, matching rings, hitting a baby to make it cry, invading Moors, mysterious hermits, prophetic dreams, dudes kissing dudes on the mouth, improvised explosives, duels to the death, solemn oaths with church-related exceptions, a baptism in blood, and all the time people talking about how awesome chivalry is. And this is just a prologue to the real story. It's totally bananas!

Needless to say I'm having a grand old time.

[Thad]

Following up on this from the DuckTales thread:

I love Rob Paulsen's live podcast with June from last year.  She's basically delightful.

I'm about halfway through her autobiography (<-- affiliate link) and she certainly is.

It's a slim little thing (like June Foray!) at around 160 pages, many of which are pictures; it's not an exhaustive story of her life or career but it's full of memories of all the wonderful people she's worked with over the years.

She knows she's got the best job in the world, and her appreciation and enthusiasm for all she's done is infectious.  And she knows how to tell a good story, too -- when she started out in radio, she wasn't just performing, she was writing her own material, too.