I quote: Being culturally literate means being able to get your bearings quickly in a book, which does not require reading the book in its entirety--quite the opposite, in fact. One might even argue that the greater your abilities in this area, the less it will be necessary to read any book in...
Clearly I have a lot of reading left to do. The Sister by Poppy Adams Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet: Because We're All in it Together by Suzanne Barnett, Jennifer...
My coworker just loaned me three books, which I have dutifully put on the Book Project list. And then I looked at the list, and it is out of control. This is where we are: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Undertow by Sydney...
This is the Entertainment Weekly Top 100 books from 1983 to the present. Despite its source, I find it to be pretty interesting. Since I love books and most of you love books, I thought I'd share it. Red ones are ones I've read. 1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006) 2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of...
Three days since my last post! Where does the time go? Let's see... Friday I golfed in our Ladies 18 hole league and played like a donkey. Great. Friday night Billy and I were treated to dinner at the Keg by MomG and it was awesome, (hello blue cheese fillet...) except I felt pretty crappy all day...
Taken from Atlantis ... via the 50/365 group, Thanks! :D The Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they’ve printed below. 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read 3) Underline the books you LOVE. 4) Reprint this list...
Got this from Renee :) Taken from Atlantis ... via the 50/365 group, Thanks! :D The Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they’ve printed below. 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read 3) Underline the books you...
This is perfect. I have always said that the people in this town, each with lovely personalities, are not all that attractive as a whole. Not that there is anything wrong with that - we're just not New York City or London. Almost every day I cross the path of someone downtown and think, "damn, that...
Told you so! Well kinda. It does not look like there's any Twink on DILF action in Hung Country For Young Men, the pornification of No Country for Old Men. And I'm assuming the captive bolt pistol does not make an appearance. Especially since this is a Jet Set Men's production and not a Cazzo*...
My favorite mix to walk/jog to is 2 Many DJs' "Essential Mix 2005". You can find more information about it here ... http://2manydjs.free.fr/articles.php?lng=en&pg=70 A really cool song comes on during what I call the "second hour" of the mix. It is a remix of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's "Mars...
First time in years I've watched the Oscars... maybe because a) I've actually seen a lot of the movies this year and b) I thought a lot of them actually deserved to be nominated for a change. I have nothing pithy to say really... other then John Stewart was amusing (what a thankless job that must...
twice recently this has happened to me: someone i know has recommended a book that they read...example, my friend, paul, i believe, raved about cormac mccarthy and recommended i read his book "the road." paul lives in jerusalem, is irish, has little interest in or connection to what happens in...
Well, I thought I'd use the "question of the day" to get this first blog thing going, but it was some asinine question about what's on my to-do list for today. So, because no one wants to read about what I have to do today, I'll bore you with something else. Anyway, let's get this networking thing...
Please join us This Friday, July 11, at noon in the library meeting room for the showing of a recently released wild and wacky comedy. We look forward to meeting you in person! Prize of the week: Gift Certificate for Calloway’s Nursery Trivia Question: The James Bond movies are based on a series...
Oh God, I'm a vortex. It's me, it's three-- an hour after singular dancing to Sinatra echoing in between walls of green. Be damned, I ain't no romantic, at all; but Sinatra is magic. Orchestra magic and all that jazz. About the vortex. I am.. partly in a whirlwind because I am losing jet black...
Monday and it's blues. Unconsciously.. out of misery perhaps-- I sent a plea letter to the Honky Tonk Orchestra whom have yet to reply. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Good bands don't deserve an end. And because Daniel Danger is fucking Godsent. Text book emissions absent, still-- headed down...
Which book would you love to see adapted into a film? They recycled my Vox Hunt. The Road is already in production and I curious to see what becomes of that-- especially since Michael K. Williams has a part in it. But I'm more curious to see what becomes of No Country For Old Men and it's inevitable...
Sooo... I lied and I haven't truly updated in a severely long time. That being the case, here' s my books update. Since I last truly posted, I've read (and note, I'm still on my exclamation point grading system): Drown, Junot Diaz: !!!! The Road, Cormac McCarthy: !!!!! In Defense of Food, Michael...
I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was really disturbing. I liked it for its descriptions, but the dialogue bothered me to no end. The little boy was also almost as annoying as Pearl in The Scarlet Letter. At least Pearl had an excuse: she was a symbol. It was a real quick read, but it...
Cormac McCarthy's The Road is quite a read. I think I remember Oprah recommend it . . . I think she interviewed him. She called it a coup because he never does interviews and he did so for her. Whatever. It has zero chapters. Just chunks of content. It's easy to read because of the way it is broken...
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