As you may know, I spent 2007 reading constantly, my goal being to read 52 books (or more) over the course of the year. I’m glad to say that I successfully reached my goal - my final count was 53 books! I’ve been meaning to write a post about this all week, but I’m only [...]
Hello there, gentle readers. I know I have been uninteresting lately. I’ve even gotten phonecalls from friends who need updates, new information and stories on what’s been going on in my life… My life is boring, really. I read books, watch DVDs and TV, and work work work like a good worker bee. I haven’t [...]
This means you, Ryan P. Craven.
I will fully admit that I am a huge library nerd. I have always loved going to the library, and, in fact, when we lived in Wichita, KS, I used to beg my parents to take me to the downtown library just because it was so enormous (3 floors!) and [...]
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I have always been a fan of bookstores and regular book-buying. In fact, I will fully admit that I have bought books simply because I liked the cover and decided the blurb was trustworthy enough. My collection of unread books now spans two bookshelves, one waist-high and one full-sized.
I haven’t always had a giant [...]
One of my most favorite authors passed away this week, although I doubt he would have thought it sad. He was 84 years old, he lived a full life, and he wrote some damn fine classic literature for the ages. I recommend that anyone who hasn’t read Slaughterhouse-Five pick it up and read it right [...]
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As you may know, I am a huge fan of Neil Gaiman, have been for years. Stardust is one of the first of his books that I read, and it has been adapted into a Feature Film, due to premiere this summer. I’m pretty excited, as should you be. Clicking on the picture of Our [...]
Okay, so as many of you may know, Stephen King’s stories/books/etc rarely survive the transition to the big (or tv) screen. So many schlocky adaptations of his work have been made that it’s not surprising, perhaps, when people look at you funny for being a huge fan of his work like I am.
Of course, I’m [...]
I listened to “The Areas of My Expertise”:http://www.amazon.com/Areas-My-Expertise-John-Hodgman/dp/0143059092/ by John Hodgman today while doing the dishes and cleaning up around my apartment. Hodgman is absolutely hilarious, and definitely needs to write another book and/or get more work (besides those lovable “‘Get A Mac’ commercials”:http://www.apple.com/getamac/.) Here’s an excerpt from the book:
Attack Ad #2: http://unsquare.com/mp3/hodgman.mp3
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so i’ve been complimented on how quickly i’ve picked up the details of my job position. apparently this department is a pretty busy one - i’ve been told the workload will probably stress me out a little until i get used to it - so when it became clear that i was pretty on point [...]
