Posted in Life, What I'm Reading on Jul 17th, 2006
Last time I wrote about Bob, I got a deluge of idiotic Bob Parsons fanboys spamming me. This time I have nicer things to say.
Bob’s 16 rules are a good guidebook to live by. I find his “Don’t take yourself too seriously” line just laughable, considering how seriously he takes himself when he gets a […]
Posted in Politics, What I'm Reading, Work on Jul 4th, 2006
Not sure where I found this book, but somehow it came into my hands. “Nickel and Dimed,” by Barbara Ehrenreich, is a book about working in blue-collar jobs, and how difficult it can be for the average low-income worker.
From the start I was quite interested in what Barbara had to say. I have worked […]
Posted in What I'm Reading on Dec 15th, 2005
I’d like to start getting back to talking about stuff I’m actually doing, reading, listening-to, instead of just posting links. Don’t know how often I’ll do this, but hopefully it’ll be more often than I was before.
First book I want to touch on is The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova.
RATING: Boring as hell.
I’m sure I’m […]
Posted in What I'm Reading, What I'm Watching on Nov 21st, 2005
Newsweek has a great article (I read it in print, but you cheapos can read it here) about the movie I keep talking about — Brokeback Mountain. Long-and-short: movie about two gay cowboys who fall in love. Based on a short story which I haven’t read, but I hear it ends tragically. Stars Jake Gyllenhaal […]
Posted in I Just Found Out, What I'm Reading on Oct 29th, 2005
Interview with the Messiah
So, apparently Anne Rice has decided that she is a Christian. Yes, the Anne Rice who wrote the Vampire Chronicles and a little soft-core erotica while she was at it. The MSNBC article on the new book says that Anne left the church at 18, but now she’s making a comeback for […]
