Sep 01 2008
Excellent work everybody! The calibre of your contributions to the Add a Sentence story is beyond my expectations. Let’s keep it up, if that’s possible. To make it more interesting, or challenging, I’ve chosen a series of somewhat random words. How about we continue to add one sentence at a time to the story, but [...]
Aug 26 2008
It’s that time of year again, everybody. It’s time for us to put aside our differences and write a story together. Instead of writing 5 words each like we did last time, everyone gets to add a full sentence. There are no restrictions to the length of the sentence. Do whatever works. Just keep it [...]
May 20 2008
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (8/10)
Engrossing, well-written novel about a sheriff tracking down a killer who’s after someone that stumbled on some drug money in the middle of a desert. I wouldn’t want to see the well-reviewed movie if it portrays the violence in the book.
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (7/10)
A [...]
Mar 02 2008
Next by Michael Crichton (3/10)
Too many characters with too little detail. Crichton seems to be getting worse, writing about topics that are interesting but a story with no substance. He creates short, interesting scenarios and dilemmas to raise issues related to the topic of his book (genetics in this case), but the story [...]
Feb 20 2008
An idiot’s guide to the use of “it’s” and “its” (click for large version):
Other comics by the same author.
(via Neatorama)
Feb 07 2008
Here’s the CACSUBTFFDA game (i.e. Create A Coherent Sentence Using Book Titles From Five Different Authors):
Given five authors, you have to come up with a coherent sentence that uses one book title from each author. The rules:
Book titles must be in one sentence.
You can use as many other words as you need, but not [...]
Jan 30 2008
I never think to create a draft post and write a few sentences about the latest book I’ve read, which is probably what J-Walk does. My last Books I’ve Read Recently post was in June, 2007, yet I read at least one book a week.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (7/10)
This is [...]
Jan 16 2008
I was browsing amazon.ca today and stumbled on The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, some personal development book. The summary didn’t list the super-duper secrets, so I googled for a bit and discovered them, just for you. Unfortunately, they’re not lotto numbers that will guarantee a win.
Be True to Yourself.
Leave [...]
Nov 12 2007
I finished reading The Island of the Colorblind, by Oliver Sacks, this past weekend. It’s a memoir of his travels through the South Pacific where he observes a variety of life forms and diseases unique to islands. It’s a compelling read at times, always interesting or enlightening, never boring. I didn’t expect to be [...]
Oct 31 2007
I haven’t posted about books I’ve read or purchased in a long time, and I know you all (i.e. Tommyboy) are wondering about it, so here you go:
I purchased the following last night because they were over 80% off their original price, and they’re all excellent books, I think.
Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss. [...]
Oct 22 2007
4,200,000 search results for “dumbledore gay“.
Why did the author, Rowling, proclaim this? Because she wasn’t in the news enough lately? Why is this item so popular?
Really, who gives a fuck?
Aug 13 2007
Here’s a slideshow of all the bookcases in my house. The floor-to-ceiling one was built by yours truly a few days ago.
Jul 19 2007
The series, that is. The last volume is released tomorrow, July 21.
I read the first 4, forgetting them within a week after reading them. They’re fun, easy reads, but I don’t understand the hype. There are much better series out there, including Pullman’s His Dark Materials (which is being made into a [...]
Jun 16 2007
I’ve read a couple Kurt Vonnegut books since he died. He doesn’t mess around. I like that. He’s got a healthy and honest sense of humour that I appreciate. I started off with Slaughterhouse Five. It’s laugh-out-loud funny. It’s thoughtful and insightful. It’s entertaining. I thought about the novel long after I put it down. [...]
