I first met George Saunders (figuratively) in the pages to The New Yorker ten year's ago or so when I read probably my favorite of his s...

Hey nerds! In case you weren't paying attention, it's J.R.R.Tolkien's biRRthday today. In honor of the occasion, a week ago I ...

It's almost time again for my favorite time of year, autumn. Time of relief from the oppressive summer heat, and a spiritual harvest fro...

Given the local temperatures around here lately caused by an infernal Heat Dome , I thought this brief synopsis of Dante's Inferno seeme...

I posted this a couple of months ago , but I think it's an appropriate repost given the big day on Saturday . Fire and Ice Some say the ...

So I'm heading back to the office the other day after taking care of a few lunch-time errands. Ever cognizant of my surroundings (as o...

One of the most anticipated (by me) movie premiers in years is John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road -- now set ...

Well he's done it again, posted something that makes the tiny little gears in my tiny little brain start turning and churning so much th...

Reports are surfacing that the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize winning The Road finally has a release date. This is...

Title: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Author: Malcolm Gladwell Synopsis: Blink is a non-fiction essay about the ability of ...

Title: A Thousand Splendid Suns Author: Khaled Hosseini Synopsis: T he story follows the lives of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, who b...

Title: No Country for Old Men Author: Cormac McCarthy Synopsis: While hunting in the West Texas wilderness, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon th...

I've been meaning to get this one out for a several weeks now. Title: The Subterraneans Author: Jack Kerouac Synopsis: Boy meets...

Title: The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Author: Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Synopsis: Through...

All I can say is "wow" ... just... "wow"... I bought Cormac McCarthy's latest opus The Road not because Oprah rece...

I don't really have room to complain. I've got a good job, wonderful family, nice house, tons of hipness. But being this awesome doe...

The site of these first blooms near my office building brought to mind the famous poem by Robert Frost . Nothing gold can stay Nature's ...

Yikes! Unbeknownst to me until just a little while ago, I was tagged by Joel (who was tagged by John B. ) in the latest book meme floating ...

I picked up a copy of an obscure little novel the other day to help pass the time during a long weekend trip to a high school graduation cer...

These days if you mention to someone you keep a journal, chances are that whomever you mention it to will ask for the URL, inferring that y...