Archive for February 2007
In Cold Blood
When I was at the bookstore last, I picked up To Kill a Mockingbird. I knew that Harper Lee and Truman Capote had been childhood friends. Lee has stated that she based the character, Dill Harris, on Capote. One of the great joys of bookstores lies in browsing them. A discovery on one shelf triggers […]
The Children of Men
I think there is power in science fiction. I think there is a particular power in taking a simple, improbable– but not altogether impossible– premise and drawing from it a compelling story. PD James hypothesizes in The Children of Men that in 1995 the human race became infertile. She begins her story on 1. […]
To Kill a Mockingbird
This is another one of those books I should have read years ago but for whatever reason never did. It was only last year that I saw Gregory Peck in the film. I am sure there is a lesson in this experience about squandering life on trivial amusements. Recently I corrected this sort of oversight […]
Myth
In honor of John K’s new X-box 360, I’d like to share a one of my favorite memories regarding video gaming with John and company over the years. The following took place years ago and is, perhaps, my earliest memory of playing a video game with this group.
I played Myth all the […]On Love
It seems strange to be writing about love and Las Vegas at the same time. I can reconcile the ideas of lost love with Las Vegas, or betrayed love, or love of money. I can reconcile thoughts of lust, greed and gluttony– even wrath, sloth, pride and envy. But love? That just does not seem […]
