Archive for July 2007
The Bridge
I have been anticipating the availability of this film on DVD since I first learned of it last year. The Bridge is a documentary film about suicide. Inspired by Tad Friend’s article “Jumpers” published in the New Yorker, Eric Steel filmed the Golden Gate Bridge for a year. Steel captured footage of the suicides and […]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Monday afternoon I saw my sister safely to O’Hare for her flight back to Colorado. On the way back home I picked up the last book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. As I mentioned earlier, I drew the second seating to read this one behind my child bride. The good news is […]
Chicago Tourists
My sister, Stephanie—not to be confused with my child bride of the same name—arrived in Chicago on Friday evening as I was flying back from Pittsburgh. (Yes, I passed the exams, thank you for asking. Aced them, in fact.) She stayed with us for the weekend and flew back out to Colorado this afternoon. It […]
Pittsburgh and the 53 Bytes
Work has sent me to Pittsburgh. I would not call Pittsburgh the most exotic of locales, but it has not been unpleasant. I’m here for a week’s worth of training on ATM. No, not that ATM. Not the machines that happily spit out currency from your bank account. I’m talking about the telecommunications protocol, ATM: […]
Stardust
Yes. I realize that another of my favorite authors is releasing an important fantasy book on Friday at midnight. Yes, I am excited! Yes, I will read that book as well. Yes, I realize this is not that book. You see there is a slight problem. I lost out. I got to read Book Six […]
Climate Change
I find talk of climate change seemingly everywhere I look. Yesterday more than a 150 of the world’s most popular music acts contributed to the worldwide concert, Live Earth. Twelve locations, seven continents, an audience of two billion. I have a difficult time wrapping my mind around something that large in scale. I wonder […]
The Great Gatsby
It is not normal for me to reread a book. I read a book, I savor it as I do so. I pick the next book from my stack. A claim that Benjamin Franklin would read a linear foot of books a week inspires me. I have no idea whether that claim is true or […]
