After season three of Lost ended last year, Jeff (Doc) Jensen said I should do my Lost homework over the summer by reading Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. Boy, was he right!
It’s hard to understand the self-destructive impulse in some people. Take for instance, Chris McCandless.
A very good friend from college sent me a wonderful house (apartment) warming gift:
Guest reader Sarah’s comment on my blog post about movies referenced in Christian books got me to thinking.
Sarah Hinlicky Wilson, from her wonderfully satirical book review of Against Love: A Polemic by Laura Kipnis…
Ever have a really bad day? You might try going to Australia…
I just finished reading Blankets, by Craig Thompson, a grippingly beautiful story.
“Hope is no rational consolation, it’s just a way to stave off madness.” - Cary Tennis
Excerpted from a Salon.com interview of Marty Beckerman, author of Generation S.L.U.T. His book documents a generation raised by divorced parents, meaningless icons of success, and a corrupt, reality-distorting entertainment media that capitalizes on the psychological weaknesses of America’s young.
Date: 02/14/2006
