Outside the "throne room"

I'm still catching up on my Tom Clancy with
Executive Orders.
I can't afford the cost of new books right now and, most depressingly, Buffalo's library system has taken a huge financial hit due to the local and national economies so I take full advantage of the various "library sales" & fundraiser book sales to stock my library. Then, the ones I probably won't read again I donate back.
In my inner sanctum I'm reading
As I've Seen It: Wide Right and Other..., written by Buffalo's Channel 2 Sports Director, Ed Kilgore. It's a pseudo-memoir that spans his 40-year career covering Buffalo's pro football/hockey/basketball teams. Being a Buffalo transplant, it's kind of a history lesson for me. I did not realize that a couple of years ago, at 62, Kilgore climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.