Good books

I was up late even reading The Secret of Inner Strength: My Story by none other than Chuck Norris, and say what you will about whatever, but it is a good positive book, and his early life was filled with hardships, and most of that which he accomplished in life he fell into through having a positive outlook. Here's just the final page:

Chuck Norris' Code of Ethics:
1. I will develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways.
2. I will forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements.
3. I will always be in a positive frame of mind and convey this feeling to every person I meet.
4. I will continually work at developing love, happiness, and loyalty in my family and acknowledge that no other success can compensate for failure in the home.
5. I will look for the good in all people and make them feel worthwhile.
6. If I have nothing good to say about a person, I will say nothing.
7. I will give so much time to the improvement of myself that I will have no time to criticize others.
8. I will always be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
9. I will maintain an attitude of open-mindedness toward another person's viewpoint while still holding fast to what I know to be true and honest.
10. I will maintain respect for those in authority and demonstrate respect at all times.
11. I will always remain loyal to my country and obey the laws of the land.
12. I will remain highly goal-oriented throughout my life because that positive attitude helps myself, my family, and my country.

Granted I'm sure #11 and the last 3 words of 12 might not fly with myself at times, but those are great rules. Along with the rest of the book I highly recommend it.

Then I polished off Stick Fighting while at work, mostly about joint locks, while using a variety of stick weapons against strikes, kicks, and grabs, with some throws put in here and there, overall for a first time weapon user or one unfamiliar with how to apply locks with weapons it is a good book too.

Now I am on The Day America Told the Truth, a collection of survey stats from the 90's that is very telling about beliefs of the participants, and then it was broken down into regions so far, it is quite interesting. Next up after that shall be the Pilates book I have and two more after that before I have to go to the library again.

Oh and I finished unit 6 of my Japanese this morning to my Satisfaction, technically I've been through every unit at least 3 times, and possibly 7 on the later ones if not more, as I want to get 100% at the end not just 70-80%. Now there are just 2 more units before I start the Spanish one.