Hi, how are you? My name is Hippie John and this is my creative corner. If this is the first time that you are reading this column, the basic idea of the corner is a place where I cover obscure forms of variety media (IE: movies ,books, comics ,stand up comedians, cartoon characters, etc.) that I feel are undepreciated by the general public.

Love it. Hate it. There is no denying that WWE is a form of entertainment that commands a wide audience. Yet even with its popularity, there are some stars who get more notoriety that others.

One of those is hardcore legend, Mick Foley who tells of his exploits in Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks.

The autobiography recounts Foley’s career  under his three wrestling personas Cactus Jack, Mankind, Dude Love as he wrestled his way thou World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as well as other promotions.

Foley worked primarily in the hard core style of wrestling, known for its bigger bumps, weapons, and blood, oh the blood. He is also known for being one of the best talkers in the business.

That is where Have a Nice Day comes in. The book which covers Mick’s life from his childhood in Long Island, New York, to the crucial match between Jimmy “Super fly” Snucka vs. Don Muraco in a steel cage at Madison Square Garden that inspired Foley to pursue his career in pro wrestling To him winning the WWF championship from the rock.

The book starts out, in great detail, of his match with Big Van Vader in Munich, Germany on March 17, 1994, where part of Foley’s ear was ripped off by the ropes.

As a fair warning, that is not the only time though out the book that Mick writes about gory or bloody matches he took part in, so if you have a weak stomach and can’t handle gore, I wouldn’t suggest picking this one up.

One of the most interesting thing about this book is that Foley wrote the entire book by himself instead of using a ghost writer like most celebrities do.

Even though the book was written by a professional wrestler, you don’t have to be a wrestling fan to enjoy the book, you may want to have your phone on hand to do a quick google search here and there if Mick starts to write about a wrester that you are not aware of.

Oh ya, If you do decide to pick this book up, which I strongly suggest you do, Though out the book, Foley pokes fun at fellow wrestler Al Snow, Foley doesn’t really mean any of the things he writes and him and Snow are friends.

This book shows the story of a guy who followed his dream and persevered though many years of being underpaid and under used because he didn’t look like the kind of people that people wanted to be top stars of world champion, then it comes when he is finally appreciated for what he has done and is finally able to achieve his dream.

That is all the time I have for now, come back next time for when I cover My favorite album, the beautiful rock opera known as The Wall by Pink Floyd.