Tell Me My Books Don’t Make Boring, I Dare Ya

So, my order from UC Press’ big online sale arrived today.
Admittedly, after reading “Cheap – The High Cost of Discount Culture,” I keep trying to figure out if I should feel guilty for buying them on sale (especially with a number of them published in, of all places, China).  Oh, well, they were purchases I [...]

Friday Sillyness: My Blood Runs Cold, My Memory Has Just Been Sold

(Bonus points if you know the reference above. )
National Geographic Magazine isn’t something I read a lot.  This isn’t for lack of desire or interest, mind you.
The honest truth is: I’ve already got so many things (books, magazines, online items) on my reading list already that I just can’t add NGM, as fascinating [...]

Random Tuesday, Tuesday Random

So, I’ve been battling a headache since Sunday.  Seriously, three frakkin days of pounding inside my skull.  So far I haven’t gone beyond the recommended Advil dosage (and on to, say, the entire bottle), and what I have taken hasn’t had much effect.
This, as you might imagine, is annoying as hell.
Coupled with the fact that [...]

California Geek

So, after I wrote this post, in which I discussed the ever-fascinating topic of flame-lengths, I know everyone had one basic question on their minds:
How in the hell does he know this random stuff?

What We’re Losing

It’s not often I post about books.  Maybe because I don’t have the time to read nearly as many as I’d like (the list of books to be checked out from the library alone would make your head spin), or because I don’t consider myself much of a book reviewer, or simply because a number [...]

Back To The Books

Today I headed back to the Festival of Books.  In truth, up until last week I’d been thinking of skipping this year, but by the end of the week I figured I would head up for a couple hours at least.  Guess I just can’t stay away.
I mean, sure, I’ve already got more books on [...]

Please Stand By…

So I’m back in town from my extended Labor Day weekend. Yet, I feel like I have nothing to write.
Or perhaps I’m simply not feeling that inspired.

I Am So Un-Hip

On one of my recent group hikes, someone recommended the author David Sedaris. I’d heard of him, of course; whenever a new book of his comes out the bookstore near my workplace is flooded with them, dozens of copies lining the shelves and seeming to take over the “new releases” table entirely.
People in my [...]

That Damned Knee… Again

(Just a side note: this weekend, hopefully, I’ll be writing about something more interesting than this medical drivel…)
First off, can I just say how sick of my knees I am? Of talking about them, feeling them in pain, going to the hospital, writing about them, all of it? I mean, seriously, they really [...]