Reading "In Retropect"

Reading another autobiography, this time former US Secretary of War Robert McNamara's. You can learn a lot from your political enemies, especially those who have sought some degree of redemption. But I'm struck by the fact I can never muster enough patience to read about the author's childhood - I always begin the book at the point where the author describes his/her time in high school at the earliest, college days at the latest. I suppose this is because - except in the case of those who were confirmed child prodigies - it's just not interesting, the story of how and with whom they grew up. That goes for kids who had a good childhood, and those who were miserable alike. I don't know why this is; much less do I expect anyone to give a care. Gotta keep my keyboarding skills sharp, that is all.