Better than the Book
I don’t know if I should give you a spoiler alert here, but hey, maybe some of the young kids haven’t seen the movie or read the book Jaws, so… Read more »
Category: Books
Summer Reading…
I’d have to say the first big movie blockbuster I remember is Jaws. Turns out, Jaws was the first blockbuster for just about everyone. Sure, we had the big Hollywood… Read more »
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow…
I had a bit of a wait ahead of me at the pharmacy today – or so I was told. I got to getting bored pretty quickly and wondering what… Read more »
Recommendation: General Dean’s Story
Who’s “General Dean”? Well, for those who know the Korean War, General Dean was its highest ranking POW. He was captured in August of 1950 after wandering the Korean countryside… Read more »
Outpacing the Classics
On a whim, I decided to revisit Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy. I’m into the second book now — Foundation and Empire — and while I like it just fine, it’s… Read more »
Recommendation: John Cheever
Just wandering through the library, I decided to grab a new and different book. “Here’s John Cheever. I’ve heard of him. Says here this book won the Pulitzer.” So, I… Read more »
Recommendation: The All-Road Bike Revolution
My friend Chris and I have spent a lot of time on the road talking about bikes. Chris follows the tech, and usually has some interesting insights based on the… Read more »
I Read a Book (Words 2)
Several years ago, I worked in an office where we collected words. Any time any one of us would find an interesting word, we’d post it on the board. The… Read more »
Finding that Happy Medium
I’m a big fan of the show “American Pickers” on the History Channel. If I ever get a chance to watch, I will. The thing about it is that it… Read more »
Another New Discovery: Jonathan Raban
I’m still muddling my way through Zinsser’s masterpiece, On Writing Well, and it continues to be the wonderful book it has been since the beginning. To it I owe, just… Read more »