Posted in Books on Apr 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Anita Shreve
This quick, easy read was enjoyable and engaging, just like The Pilot’s Wife. Shreve starts this novel with Robert Dillon and his daughter, Nicky, finding an abandoned baby in the snow near their house. Dillon and Nicky have their own painful past that they are running from, and the baby brings up old memories […]
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Apr 16th, 2009 No Comments »
David Rakoff
I didn’t find Fraud as funny as Don’t Get Too Comfortable. Maybe part of the problem was that I missed some of Rakoff’s obscure references and jokes. Rakoff is very self-deprecating, which can sometimes be funny, but his writing style is so complex that I found it hard to follow, especially on audiobook.
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Posted in Movies on Apr 5th, 2009 No Comments »
I like Jason Segel in “How I Met Your Mother”, so I was looking forward to his movie. It was funny, but with just a tad too much full-frontal nudity. Segel must be very comfortable in front of the camera. The star of the show, though, was Russell Brand who plays Sarah Marshall’s British boyfriend. […]
Posted in Books on Apr 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book is about success and why some people find it more easily than others. Gladwell makes the point that it’s rarely the case that someone rises to great heights without a little help, advantage, or opportunity. He covers topics on why the best ice hockey players are born in January, why […]
Posted in Movies on Apr 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Twilight is based on the first book in a series I read last year. I thought the books were great and was looking forward to the film. For all of the negative press it got, it really wasn’t that bad. Kristen Stewart did a decent job of playing Bella. I wasn’t impressed with Robert Pattinson’s […]
Posted in Movies on Apr 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Bill Maher’s interesting documentary examines faith and politics, presenting a large amount of statistics and arguments against organized religion. While I don’t know the accuracy of those stats, there was an interesting one: 93% of scientists in the American National Academy of Sciences are atheist or agnostic. I didn’t expect that number to be so […]