I’ve been reading a lot of poetry lately and have decided it’s wreaking havoc on my life. I’m having a hard time watching movies now that don’t seem “poetic.” While this isn’t completely true (I’m currently watching Raiders of the Lost Ark for like the 50th time), I am finding trips to BlockBuster more interesting. [...]
On September 23 my favorite author, Neal Stephenson, published his latest book, Quicksilver. I’m only a little over 100 pages into it so I’m not going to provide any type of review at this time. However, I will say that I’m thoroughly enjoying it so far. It reminds me of Cryptonomicon, in the sense that [...]
If you’ve checked out the books section you’re probably aware that I’m currently reading (and have been for a while) The People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. One cool thing about this book is that it provides so many details about the lesser-known history of the United States. Ever since I was [...]