Whenever I hear the name Neil Gaiman I instantly think, literary superstar. Primarily all of my Gaiman knowledge extended from friends whom loved anything he had ever penned. First hand, all I had to go on was seeing Coraline. Finally, I’ve read my first Gaiman novel. This decision was heavily influenced by several people whose [...]
Undeniably, Slaughterhouse Five is one of my all time favorite books. People who know me can attest to this based on my willingness to read it more than once. The list of books which I am happy to read again, or stories I want to wander back through is a very short list. Vonnegut’s tale [...]
In between book selections for my book partnership I picked up Lamb by Christopher Moore. It’s a novel that my dear wife has been urging me to read for the better part of 2011; now I’ve finished the book after finally taking up her recommendation and couldn’t be happier with that decision. I want to [...]
Today is the birth of a new category on this blog: Graphic Novels You bet your britches that was Comic Sans! If ever there is an appropriate place to use that much maligned font face it is when one is discussing comic books and the like. Let’s begin with the sad fact that before I [...]
You want to know what to expect from A Storm of Swords? DEATH! I think this may be the bloodiest book in the entire published A Song of Ice and Fire series. On top of all that death expect bizarre alliances to show their malformed and malignant faces. Despite the immense wave of woe that [...]
I’ve spent this past week reading Lucky Peach, which is a new food quarterly from Momofuku’s David Chang. It was recommended to me by one of my favorite people in Lincoln, not to mention the fact that he’s pretty damn good when it comes to the art of Cookery. I will further the recommendation of [...]
I’m attempting to get back to the Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule that I was following fairly well back in May and part of June. I’m down to just one job now, and that has really opened up a lot more opportunities to do the things I’d like to be doing. So rather than wait until Monday or [...]
I finally took some photos to show to all of you that I’m not all talk about this book binding stuff. I finished, and have been using my first hardcover blank book for over a month now. I’m pretty proud of how it turned out. There are some small things I’d like to improve on [...]
Have you heard of Game of Thrones? If not that’s probably because your friends don’t love you as much as mine love me, or because you aren’t interested in Medieval Fantasy novels. I will admit that this is the first fantasy book I’ve read since high school. For a very long time that was the [...]
Saturday was our second trip the Haymarket Farmer’s Market this year, and it was beautiful. It became even better when our dear friend Camie joined us. I happily walked around the market munching on fruit kolaches, fried stuffed poblanos, and a cup of homemade root beer. Wife and Camie chatted and enjoyed themselves as well. [...]