I wasn’t going to write this post. I really wasn’t. I just did a post on Sean Connery and the power of the original James Bond films. I had no real interest in writing another […]
Category: books
In Praise of Randomness
Random can be good. Random can lead you to discovering new things. Random can take you out of your safety zone and into new, sometimes uncomfortable worlds. Random is a way of forcing yourself to […]
The Future Was Yesterday
My taste in fiction tends to be dark. As in, Orwell’s 1984 is one of my all-time favorite books. Never has anyone captured the tools of surveillance, tribalism, misinformation, and psychological manipulation by those with […]
A Collection of Brilliant J.G. Ballard Book Covers
“Ballardian” is actually a word. According to the Collins English Dictionary it means “resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J. G. Ballard’s novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the […]
Alexa and The Very Warped World of Demon Seed
So, there was this brilliant scientist who thought it would be a good idea to make a “smart home” back in the 70s. This was over forty years before Alexa was born. The smart home […]
Heavy Metal Loser
So, there was this guy who became kind of a heavy metal god. He sold over 38 million records and was worshiped by both audiences and fellow musicians alike. And yet, if you take what […]
Heartbreak City: Thanks a ton, Colson Whitehead!
I lived in New York for seventeen years. I never thought I would leave. It was the place I belonged. A place of constant energy and incredible beauty. Just being there made me feel like […]
The Stranger and the Cure
The Stranger by Camus. A short book. A great read. A book that could change your life. On the surface it’s a simple story of a man who takes a vacation to help him recover […]
