"Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology...."

What, you ask, does the "Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" book have to do with Afghanistan? Well, look closer. This book was donated by Operation Paperback - one of the organizations that sends free books to the troops.

Some of these books are good. I am currently reading "The Broker" by John Grisham. However, with some of the books, you wonder what the "donator" was thinking. Do they think the soldiers are in sixth grade?

No matter. I have a law degree and I love this particular book. The Six Million Dollar Man was one of my favorite tv shows as a kid.

I remember that SMDM always came on after "60 Minutes" on Sunday nights at my grandmother's house. We met my Uncle Buddy, Aunt Marcy and my cousins Amy and David there every Sunday. This was one of the best things about my childhood. I loved going to my grandmother's so much that I spent my first college spring break at her house. No kidding.

Ok, back to the books. I found a Scooby Doo book that I gave to my interpreter to help him learn English. Later that night he called me on my cellphone to ask (and you have to imagine his accent here) "What is...how do you say.... Scoobiedoo?" He had a hard time understanding the concept of a gargantuan bipedal canine sleuth who talks to humans, albeit with a serious speech impediment. Then I had to explain haunted houses, ghosts and Scoobie Snacks - all the Hanna-Barbera fare.

I think that I have created more problems than I solved.