Posts Categorized: books

Across the River and into the Trees

Posted and filed under books, Hemingway, My Life.

My son is almost a week into his nineteenth month, and — if I could somehow ignore the times when he has scared the ever-loving [redacted] out of me — I am still awestruck at how much I love him. We’re currently reading Across the River and into the Trees, our fourth Hemingway book, at… Read more »

Small Vices

Posted and filed under books.

I’m currently reading Small Vices, by the (regrettably) recently-deceased Robert B. Parker. I’m pretty sure, 250 pages in, that I have already read this book; but (a) I can’t remember how it ends and (b) every Spenser novel I’ve ever read is so completely brilliantly wonderful that I still enjoy them even after repeated consumption…. Read more »

Globalization at Mach Speed

Posted and filed under books.

If you enjoy reading things which are awesome, I highly suggest grabbing a copy of Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed, by Gregg Easterbrook. It took less than two pages for my jaw to drop, but that wasn’t unexpected; I’ve loved every Easterbrook article, haiku, and book I’ve ever read. The man is a genius…. Read more »

Living Under a Rock

Posted and filed under books, media, movies, music.

With the possible exceptions of my father and (maybe-not-so-strangely-coincidentally) my father-in-law, I don’t know anyone who is as voracious a reader as I am. I also seem to consume an outlandish amount of television and there is rarely a moment in my life in which there isn’t music playing. Oh, and I love movies. Yet,… Read more »

Spenser: For Hire

Posted and filed under books, quotations.

“Sometimes I get distracted by food; but mostly all I think about is women and baseball.” – Robert B. Parker’s Spenser My favorite author died on Monday, January 18, and he took with him my favorite fictional character. I was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. My dad, though — who lives in Rhode Island now… Read more »

On Football

Posted and filed under books, College Football, sports.

As I get older I find it increasingly difficult to explain my love of football. You’d think that the opposite would be true, that I would find it easier to tell people how wonderful it is as I understand the game more. But that is simply not the case. I follow Stewart Mandel on Twitter… Read more »

Real Products for Fictional Companies

Posted and filed under books, media, movies.

The excellent local blog CurbedLA had an entry recently on artist Mark Bennett’s blueprints of fictional places. He has created very detailed floor-plans of famous pretend places, like the homes of George and Jane Jetson, Rob and Laura Petrie, and June and Ward Cleaver. (There’s a book, too!) I thought these were terrific so I… Read more »