The Crusades Were a Bad Idea: Let’s Not Do It Again
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Books, Daily Grind, God, Church & Stuff, Music, Politics, Society, Technology | 1 Comment »Update: I've been Snoped. Ouch. It appears the stats in this video are of questionable accuracy. They're not denied outright, but there are significant questions. Despite all the rhetoric (my own included), perhaps the real question this post should raise ...
I Like Books
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Books | No Comments »I strolled through Barnes & Noble tonight on my own. No kid, no distractions, no time table. I haven't done that in a long time. We used to hang out at Barnes & Noble quite a lot. We had a ...
2008 Reading List
Monday, January 5th, 2009 Posted in Books | 6 Comments »Below is my annual reading list chronicling what I read in the past year. Seems like every year the list gets shorter, and this year was no exception. Though my reading was propelled along thanks in part to a continued ...
Authors Without Web Sites
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Books, Business & Marketing, Writing | 1 Comment »Earlier this week I singled out author Anne Lamott for not having a web site. But the sad fact is she's not alone. A number of noteworthy authors lack official web sites: Jonathan Franzen David Sedaris Sarah Vowell Alice Sebold Kathleen Norris Robert Pinsky Seamus Heaney David Rakoff Russell ...
Why Doesn’t Anne Lamott Have a Web Site?
Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in Books | 8 Comments »A couple weeks ago I discovered that one of my favorite authors, Anne Lamott, doesn't have a web site. She's got a Wikipedia page, the speaking agency representing her has a page, Salon.com has a list of her columns—heck, there's ...
Top 100 (99) Book Cover Designs
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Books | No Comments »Let's revisit a good theme: Top 100 Book Cover Designs from the AIGA. The flash navigation is atrocious and the Stephen Colbert design seems kind of pedestrian (hence the top 99), but otherwise there are some incredible book covers here. ...
The Island at the End of the World Book Cover Design Contest
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Books | 4 Comments »This is a double whammy for me as I'm a sucker for well-designed book covers and post-apocalyptic fiction. Penguin Books and Creativity have partnered to do a cover design contest for Sam Taylor's forthcoming book, The Island at the End of ...
Observations from Reading the Harry Potter Series
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Books | 2 Comments »Early this morning I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and so finished reading the entire seven-book Harry Potter series. I've read them all before, of course, but I wanted to do it one shot. It took about ...
The Top 100 Movies/TV Shows/Music/Books I Don’t Enjoy
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Books, Movies, Music, TV | 5 Comments »Entertainment Weekly released lists of the top 100 movies, TV shows, albums and books of the last 25 years. It's kind of interesting to check out the lists and see how many of the top picks I've seen/listened to/read: Movies: 42/100 TV ...
Prince Caspian: The Book vs. The Movie
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Books, Movies | 2 Comments »On Saturday night I saw the movie Prince Caspian and yesterday I finished rereading the book. Much like the movie version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I felt like Prince Caspian the movie was so-so. After Peter ...
Celebrating my 30th birthday with clean water and a clean shave.
