Copying this Brain-Cleansing Meme from the Urban Pantheist.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (of course I suppose this depends on how strictly I define “afford”)
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain (several in the [...]
Archive for November, 2008
30 Nov
Meme: 100 Life Experiences
30 Nov
Beer Review: Hofbräu Dunkel
Here’s a beer that had me singing “In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus.”
Beer: Hofbräu Dunkel
Brewer: Hofbräu München
Source: 12 Fl. Oz. Bottle
Rating: *** (7.8 of 10)
Comment: Hard to believe that it’s been five years since I visited Munich and I’m still trying to recapture beer nirvana here at home. This dark beer has a nice chestnut color [...]
22 Nov
Book Review: Trawler by Redmond O’Hanlon
Trawler (2003) by Redmond O’Hanlon is one of those books where a novice goes on board a commercial fishing boat to see how hard life is for the trawlermen and finds it hard in ways one never imagined. No big surprise there, but what O’Hanlon does in this book is write almost entirely in dialogue [...]
17 Nov
Book Review: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I’ve been wanting to read Middlesex (2002) by Jeffrey Eugenides since its release six years ago. The title attracted me because I then lived in Middlesex County, but this book is not set in Massachusetts but in Michigan. And the Middlesex of the title refers to the address of the narrator/protagonist Calliope “Cal” Stephanides’ childhood [...]
14 Nov
Book Review: Where’s my jetpack? : a guide to the amazing science fiction future that never arrived by Daniel H. Wilson
We live in the 21st-Century, that magical century heralded in the past century as The Future, yet The Future has been somewhat disappointing. Where’s my jetpack? : a guide to the amazing science fiction future that never arrived (2007) by Daniel H. Wilson recounts all the great inventions promised to an eager public [...]
13 Nov
Book Review: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves (2008) by M.T. Anderson continues and completes the young adult Revolutionary War saga. I read the first volume, The Pox Party, earlier this year and it was by far one of my favorite books of the year so [...]
5 Nov
Book Review: The Devil We Know by Robert Baer
I listened to the audiobook of The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower (2008) by Robert Baer and I can tell you right now that this isn’t going to be a good review because this book presents such a different understanding of Iran than any other perspective I’ve ever encountered. Here are [...]
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