Catherine Howard was King Henry VIII's fifth wife and the youngest, too. She was by all accounts a pretty, charming, not very bright girl who didn't realize just how dangerous it was being married to Henry. Her family did though, considering she was related to Anne Boleyn, and they happily sacrificed her up to the king in exchange for furthering their own careers. Catherine had boyfriends before she married Henry, slept with at least one of them with the intention of marrying him, and if she didn't commit adultery after she was married she certainly planned to. All of this condemned her to die on the chopping block, most likely before she turned 21. She is usually dismissed as being inconsequential, since her marriage to Henry was quite short, but Russell did a good job of digging up the scant information about her that is available and weaving it into an interesting story.
I should be all caught up on Walking Dead stories now, at least until Vol. 28 comes out. "The Whisperer War" finds Dwight, Michonne, and others from Rick's camp fighting a huge army of undead with the Whisperers sprinkled in. Negan fights with them, destroying his bat Lucille in the process (the scene where he buried her and we learn Lucille the bat was named for the woman he loved who died *almost* made me feel sorry for him, but then I remembered he killed Glenn). A band of the Whisperers make it to the Hilltop and burn it down, and Carl *almost* died (I was ready to light fire to something if that happened). Dwight returns to Rick's camp triumphant after his victory in battle, until Rick informs him that they didn't even make a dent in the army of undead the Whisperers have under their command. Oh boy.
I was very excited when I heard Virginia Grohl on the Lithium channel over Mother's Day weekend talking about her new book, "From Cradle to Stage". It was a lot of fun! She often wondered what other mothers of rock stars experienced when their kids were growing up, and set out to interview them and collect their stories. She talked to a wide variety of moms whose kids have made impacts in the music industry, from Michael Stipe's mom to Dr. Dre's mom to Mike D. from the Beastie Boys' mom. She roundly criticized the school system for labeling these high energy kids troublemakers because they didn't fit the mold and encouraged parents who have creative kids to help them out rather than chastising them for not being better students (she let Dave drop out of high school when he was sixteen to go on tour with his band Scream). She's obviously very proud of Dave (as she has every right to be), and it came through. She did of course mention Wendy Cobain a bit, talked about the devastation Kurt's death wrought on Dave and those who knew him. I was glad she didn't dwell on it, but as always I'm disappointed when people who actually knew him seem to fall for the suicide lies.
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