Archive | Literature & Books

22 July 2010 ~ View Comments

Book: City of Thieves

After reading Toby’s suggestion, i picked up the novel City of Thieves by David Benioff. Let me tell you, this book is really great – one of the best books i’ve read in a long time. I bought for $4 used on Amazon – do yourself a favor and get it. The story starts with [...]

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28 March 2010 ~ View Comments

The Wire in Schools

There’s a good article in Slate about how the TV show The Wire is becoming a common item for professors to assign to college students.  Some schools have a whole course dedicated to it.  As many of you know, i’m a huge fan of the show and can understand why profs would use it. One [...]

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27 January 2010 ~ View Comments

iPad Thoughts

I’m not sure if you’ve heard about the iPad.  Unless you’ve been under a rock, you can’t avoid the Apple madness.  I’m up in San Francisco this week and couldn’t help but feel the Apple riptide and get drawn into the hype.  So I watched the announcement and here are my thoughts The iPad is [...]

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19 January 2010 ~ View Comments

Ebert’s Essays

I’m reading Roger Ebert’s great essay about Making Out Is Its Own Reward and thinking to myself, “Ebert’s writing is the best kept secret on the Internet.” Last week I read his article Nil By Mouth where he describes how it feels to not be able to eat following his throat surgery. He offers some [...]

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31 December 2009 ~ View Comments

My Moments of 2009

2009 was a fun year.  I traveled to 42 cities, 4 countries and logged over 100k miles.  I also found time to stay at home and do stuff.  Looking back on the year, some things really stand out.  For instance: Up’s tear-jerking silent vignette. With each new film, Pixar finds some way to top itself. [...]

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04 December 2009 ~ View Comments

Another Option for Your Attention

The world is changing. It is getting smaller, faster, smarter and more accessible. What’s crazy is that some people are bitching that all this technology and change is a bad thing. “Nobody reads anymore” i heard someone say the other day. I do believe that habits are changing due to technology. Mobile phones make it [...]

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14 November 2009 ~ View Comments

Don’t Eat The Dinosaur

I just finished reading Chuck Klosterman’s latest book, Eating the Dinosaur and i didn’t like it. Before i get into why i didn’t like it, i do want to say that i thought his essays about Kurt Cobain (Oh, the Guilt) and Garth Brooks (The Passion of Garth) to be really interesting. Also, the Time [...]

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26 October 2009 ~ View Comments

In-N-Out Burger

Image by pescatello via Flickr Just finished reading the book In-N-Out Burger by Stacy Perlman about the creation of the iconic burger joint. The book has some great stories about the original founders. The husband/wife team Ester and Harry Snyder worked tirelessly and with lots of integrity to create a burger joint focused on “doing [...]

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22 October 2009 ~ View Comments

Kindle vs. Nook

I just got a Kindle for my birthday about a week ago and have really loved reading on it. I think digital books could change how i read and the amount i read in a great way. I was bummed however, to read of the new Barnes & Noble Nook not because it’s bad but [...]

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07 October 2009 ~ View Comments

The Music Business and Days of Radio

I’m reading the book Free by Chris Anderson on my iPhone Kindle.  It’s the only book i have on it – and i got it because it was free.  It’s actually turning out to be a good read and having it on my phone allows me to read it when i normally wouldn’t read anything [...]

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