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Reading: How We Decide
It’s that inevitable moment in the car, again. My wife and I are sitting there, on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, just a little past the peak of hunger, and I am about to turn the key. We both know what’s … Continue reading
Are We What We Eat?
So, I went on a diet recently. I don’t do that lightly. In fact, I don’t think I ever admitted to doing it before. But, as the Barenaked Ladies song goes, “I’m gaining pounds / at the precipice of too … Continue reading
The End (And I Like It That Way)
My roommate and I in college once had a big argument about books. We both loved the “Apprentice Adept” trilogy by Piers Anthony. We bonded over those books, which was good because we didn’t always have a whole lot else … Continue reading
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
So they announced something at the D23 Disney Fan Convention that totally blows me away. No, there won’t be free massages from the princesses in a totally revamped Fantasyland. They actually announced the sub-title of the new Pirates of the … Continue reading
Reading: This Is Your Brain On Music
Did music ever stir your emotions? Make you cry? Laugh? Feel afraid? Feel like getting out of your seat and moving? Yeah, you macho guys are sitting there, going, “No way…music only makes me want to rawk!” Well, maybe so. … Continue reading
A MAD Gift I Got for Christmas
So, I got a lot of books for Christmas, being a reading nerd, and one of my favorites is “Good Day and Mad” by Dick DeBartolo. Dick is the Giz Wiz, as well as Mad Magazine’s Maddest Writer. He’s been … Continue reading
More On The New Hitchhiker’s Book
Some interesting notes on the new Hitchhiker’s book from The Guardian. It’s being published by Penguin, not Hyperion as I reported earlier. (I thought the NPR thing mentioned Hyperion.) It’s sanctioned by Adams’ wife. It’s plotted as a way of … Continue reading
Why Are They Jumping Up And Down On Douglas Adams’ Grave?
Eoin Colfer, who wrote the popular childrens book series Artemis Fowl has been tapped to write a sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Now, I like Mr. Colfer okay. I understand his reasoning for not turning down the … Continue reading
Reading: Star Wars – The Clone Wars Novelization
I have a confession to make. I didn’t rush out to the theater to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I hear you gasp. I hear you ask what has happened to my fandom. And no, I will not turn … Continue reading
Reading: Mike and Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
Picture me in 1981, a geeky 13, sitting in front of my dad’s big boom-box stereo, stack of cassette tapes nearby, along with my self-constructed lightsaber and my Kenner X-Wing, all ready to listen to the very first episode of … Continue reading