Tonight I finished reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Let me start by reiterating that I generally have trouble reading non-fiction. Consequently I have stayed mainly in the realm of the imaginary, save for the occasional essay. If this book, then, has accomplished one thing, it has shown me that non-fiction narrative [...]
Category Archives: Literature
Indexed
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I wrote about Jessica Hagy’s indexed back in February this year, and fortunately for her, so have many others more important than me.
I found out today that she’s releasing a book through one of Joel Turnipseed’s first posts to Kottke.org - an interview with Ms. Hagy, in fact.
The book is titled, appropriately, Indexed, and releases [...]
Harry Potter and the Night of Too-Little Sleep
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Oi. Last night I finally finished reading the last Harry Potter book to my wife. I was reading out loud from about 6:15 in the evening until 1:40 this morning - nearly 7.5 hours.
And this morning I pay the price for it
However, now I can finally watch the news and surf [...]
Glorious Weekend Ahead
Friday, July 20, 2007
I’m pretty psyched…I have a killer weekend ahead of me.
Besides the fact that today is Friday, I’m looking forward to a number of events and activities.
One of my best friends is getting married this weekend, so:
1. Tonight is the rehearsal, followed by
2. The rehearsal dinner, which should be quite a blast. Then,
3. Tomorrow afternoon [...]
Too tired, the Oscars, and Dean Koontz
Monday, February 26, 2007
Man…I’m really wishing I was at home watching the inside of my eyelids instead of this computer monitor at work. I’m wiped out. But I suppose it is my own dang fault.
I was up tooooooooo late last night…The Oscars were on, and deny it though I might, I did want to know who [...]
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
My wife got me “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” for Christmas - truly one of the best gifts ever received by yours truly. The entirety of Bill Watterson’s decade of genius bound smartly in three lovely hard-cover volumes, contained then in an equally eye-catching box. Each page is a faint creme color so [...]
A Night at the Opera
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Please, oh please, oh PLEASE go straightway to my brother Mugs’ site and read his latest poem.
It’s terrifying, haunting, and awesome.
And Mugs? Now that you’re pretty much finished with the semester, how ’bout putting up some more of your stuff?
“God’s Teeth man! Fasten thine belly cheat and pour my bouse.”
Monday, December 4, 2006
Just read a fine piece of humor at a fine site called the nonist.
Chicky-check it.
This is your best chance for survival.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
I know I’ve really been bitin’ off McSweeney’s lately, but dang it if that site isn’t one of the funniest things I’ve ever read since Sweet Fancy Moses.
So today I just discovered the “verbal cartoons” of Dan Liebert. He seems to be a more sophisticated Jack Handey (not that there’s ANYthing wrong with Jack [...]
