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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Songs I Like 
