On The Road

I’m on the road quite a bit these days and meeting lots of new people. It’s fun and exciting. Because of it, i thought i’d give one of my favorite quotes from Kerouac’s book On The Road:
They danced down the streets like dangledodies, and i shambled after as i’ve been doing all my life [...]

Generation Me

I just finished reading a fascinating book called Generation Me. It’s a non-fiction book about the youngest generation. The book dives into all aspects of this generation. It’s major parts are worth repeating:
Generation Me doesn’t need you approval. They don’t care what anyone thinks. For them social rules are out the window. [...]

In Defense of Boredom

In the latest copy of The Week, i read a great article about boredom. My favorite lines:

To be bored is to stop reacting to the external world, and to explore the internal one. It is in reflection that people often discover something new, whether it is an epiphany about a relationship or a new theory [...]

Coen Bros. and Michael Chabon

As everyone knows i’m a HUGE Coen Bros. fan and i just heard that their next project will be adapting Michael Chabon’s book The Yiddish Policeman’s Union.
I haven’t read this particular Chabon book, but i have read Wonder Boys and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay which are both really good. You can [...]

Rambo and The Kite Runner are Surprisingly Similar

Over the past 2 weeks, i’ve seen both Rambo and The Kite Runner. One is the 4th installment of the Slyvester Stallone killing machine saga and the other is the cinematic interpretation of the best selling novel about an afghan boy growing up around communist turmoil. They may appear to be completely different films, [...]

Patriots Perfect? Don’t Talk to Me About iIT.

I am pretty sick of hearing about the Patriots, their quest to perfection and all that.  I am forever destined to curse the entire Boston area for stealing all of the good Minnesotans.  First is was David Ortiz and Doug Mientkiewicz going to the Red Sox, then it was Moroney going to the Pats and Kevin [...]

Afoot and Light-hearted for the New Year

The poet Billy Collins once observed that all babies are born with a knowledge of poetry, because the lub-dub of the mother’s heart is in iambic meter. Then, Collins said, life slowly starts to choke the poetry out of us. This it too bad. With that in mind, i thought i’d post one [...]

Steve Martin’s Standup Life

I got Steve Martin’s new book Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life for Christmas and plowed through it in 2 days. It is a good quick read about Steve Martin’s early life and standup career. The most interesting part for me was hearing about how hard he worked at developing his craft. [...]

I Am Legend is a better book than movie

I saw the new Will Smith movie I Am Legend last night.  While it’s an average movie, it is far inferior to the book.  The book is only about 150 pages.  You should read it instead of seeing this movie.
What do i not like about the movie?  Specifically, i HATED all the last-minute saves.  The [...]

Einstein’s Cosmos

Just finished the book Einstein’s Cosmos, which is a great look into the life of the genius physicist Albert Einstein.
The book has lots of interesting facts about Einstein.  Some that i remember: He was born in Germany but he had such a bad experience in his youth, he renounced his citizenship when he was 17
He [...]