Chasing Amy as Romance for Realists This review isn’t about Clerks. Someday there will be a review about Kevin Smith’s Clerks (and the sequels) but today is not that day, but if I didn’t watch Clerks way back when I was working retail (those years spent in retail sometimes feel like a previous life) then... Continue Reading →
Reels, Records, & Reads
These are not your typical Valentine's Day selections. Here's a Relationships quick list: Closer with Natalie Portman, Clive Owen, Jude Law, and Julia Roberts "Wait Until Tomorrow" by Jimi Hendrix Suicide Blonde by Darcey Steinke
On Poetry
"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." -T.S. Eliot-
An Author’s Gambler
Alexi Ivanovich and the Mind of a Gambler A good number of stories that are centered on gambling tend to either glamorize or demonize. The protagonist is often portrayed as an individual we should either envy or pity. One exception to these extremes is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Gambler. Dostoevsky’s protagonist is a gambler we neither... Continue Reading →
Literature, movies, and music serve as fossil records in the timeline/history of art and society.
A long ago Friday night at Borders reading Charles Willeford's The Shark-Infested Custard. Books serve as markers on the timelines of our lives.
The Purpose of a $.50 Book
A teacher in high school taught us that a reader, a serious one, should always, "read with a purpose." That lesson had a profound impact on how I approached both fiction and nonfiction. It's an approach I still use whenever I open a book, my Nook, or the Libby app. But sometimes that purpose for... Continue Reading →
On Writing
"The writing's easy, it's the living that is sometimes difficult." -Charles Bukowski-
The Beauty of Bourbon
You don't need an excuse to drink Bourbon, and nobody should ask you to provide a reason for wanting to drink bourbon on a random Friday afternoon. But if you do find yourself wanting excuses and/or feeling pressured to provide reasons "Bourbon" by Walker Percy is worth a read. Percy provides the reader with an... Continue Reading →
Reels, Records, & Reads
With a National Championship in the books and a Superbowl a few weeks away here's a Football quick list: North Dallas Forty with Nick Nolte, Charles Duning, and Mac Davis "Boys of Fall" by Kenny Chesney Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger
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