J.R.R. Tolkien Reads from The Hobbit
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Map of the Surface Winds of the World.
A map of the world’s wind, temperature, waves… A useful tool for worldbuilding.
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Legion II (Skin Deep)
Skin Deep by Brandon SandersonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Brandon Sanderson’s imagination. Mistborn and the world of The Rithmatist are two of my favorite places to dream about being. My expectations for Legion were, therefore, unrealistic, but that’s the danger when your audience becomes acquainted with dining gourmet. A lesser meal just
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Revisiting An Old But Still Relevant Gem
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Another book where I make a new discovery each time I read it. As a youth, I adopted some of the character’s contempt for fitting in, and then in the 90s, when I went on a literary beatnik immersion, I understood the
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A good collection of short stories – check it out!
The Heaven of Animals: Stories by David James PoissantMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Very enjoyable. In these pages you will meet many troubled people, each struggling with the enormity of life’s challenges. They will make you laugh, cry, but most of all, they will open themselves to let you use their lenses, so that
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Ulysses
Ulysses by James JoyceMy rating: 3 of 5 stars This story of typical people from Dublin being ordinary is one of the oddest novels I’ve ever read. Though there are many admirers, it’s clear that the target audience for this book is James Joyce, and it celebrates his self-pleasure and creative freedom. This novel was
Where to Find Phish “Tapes” of Live Shows
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The Real Reason I Can’t Remember Names… Oh Shit! LOL.
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund FreudMy rating: 2 of 5 stars Freud analyzes language, memory of names, and behaviors for signs of our repressed subconsciouses. He uses different anecdotes, describes the observation, and then uses his theory of the mind to explain how a forgotten name or a missed appointment derives from the
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The Importance of Great Dialog and Sharp Wit
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s been years since I had read this or watched it performed, but I still remembered how crisp and clever was the dialog. After reading it again, I enjoyed it even more than the pleasant memory. This play is about two men,
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We are larva that haven’t turned ourselves into butterflies yet.
My son turned me on to Shots of Awe. It’s very inspiring. I am drunk on awe now.
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The Goblin Emperor is such a treat!
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars The Goblin Emperor is a delightfully refreshing fantasy novel replete with rich world building and a unique backdrop of gender and racial division that paints a poignant image of our own world’s challenges. Maia, the protagonist of mixed Elven and Goblin descent, becomes emperor
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The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson is a wonderful tale!
The Rithmatist by Brandon SandersonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Absolutely delightful. This is a story about Joel, the son of a deceased chalk maker whose mother is a cleaning lady in an expensive famous school. Part of the school is also dedicated to teaching Rithmatists, magicians who can animate chalk figures. Joel wants to
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The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Dark is Rising by Susan CooperMy rating: 4 of 5 stars The Dark Is Rising, the second novel of The Dark Is Rising Sequence, a set of five novels of speculative fiction and fantasy published from 1965 to 1977, is a lot more sinister than the first novel of the series: Over Sea, Under
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Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperMy rating: 3 of 5 stars The first novel in the Dark Is Rising sequence, a five book seiries published from 1965 to 1977, is perhaps the story most directed to younger audiences. The principal characters in the story are Simon, Jane, and Barney Drew. Their family is visiting
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Is she coming first even if she is cumming first?
She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman by Ian KernerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s been a while since I’ve read a non-fiction book about sexuality (the last was the excellent Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex), and because it is an area of intense interest where actual
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Plot Twist – The Hippies Didn’t Actually Save Physics – Physicists Did.
How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival by David KaiserMy rating: 2 of 5 stars In a word, ug. Honestly, I was disappointed with the lack of physics. Aside from a solid explanation of the two slit experiment and Bell’s Theorem (which is used to assert quantum nonlocality), and the refutation
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Bob Dylan playing with the Grateful Dead
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [6:03] Tomorrow Is A Long Time [4:42] Highway 61 Revisited [4:12] It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue [5:40] Ballad Of A Thin Man [4:42] (cuts) You can see most of the show in this video: Quality varies. E Rutherford New Jersey, 7/12/87 Full Setlist: Sunday,
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Rosemary’s Baby – Review after my Happy Halloween reread
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Ira Levin specializes in disturbing tales of enormous vision. As such, Rosemary’s Baby is a quintessential tale of terror, standing beside giants like Frankenstein and Dracula, because it creates a new, oft-imitated horror form. The book is essentially a psychological conflict set in New York
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