In this semi-regular post, I talk about some things that I enjoyed, was intrigued by, or am thankful for this past week. One Yeager: An Autobiography by General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos … I wrote about my love for this book before, but it’s worth another mention. After finishing up my previous book, I …
There are some authors that you love for a lifetime. They are the thread that runs through your reading life that either be a seam holding things together or a path to trace. They are a touchstone you come back to before pushing off to new and interesting places. There are also flings – literary …
Somewhere in the last week or so, Free Range Idiocy hit 1,000 downloads. For some of the bigger podcasters, that’d be cause for shouting at their tech department because something has obviously gone horribly awry for things to have sunk to such a low. They’d be wondering if California had finally done The Big Slide …
The Friday Five is a semi-regular feature here on the blog where I post about some things from the past week that I’ve enjoyed reading, listening to, watching, or am just thankful for. Cory Wong – “Sidestep” (live) I’m probably wicked late to this party, but better late than never. Damn is this funky! Cory …
Life is a weird place. As scattered as my work experience has been, there are times when I’m shocked that one thing will somehow connect to another. That some kind of skill or trick I learned years ago will fit into what I’m doing now. When I started working in an audiobook recording studio, I …
In last week’s edition of Free Range Idiocy, Tim and I talked a bit about Kevin Smith’s retort to Martin Scorcese’s opinion comic book movies are “not cinema”. What I find most interesting is how Smith’s approach is something we could all learn from. Certainly there’s time to make a distinction between right and wrong, …
The Friday Five is a collection of things that I’ve found inspirational, fun, pleasurable, interesting, or am thankful for this past week. #1 – VILLA INCOGNITO BY TOM ROBBINS. Started this as my secondary book (still working on Van Gogh: The Life). Robbins is a perennial re-read for me because he was the first authors …
The Friday Five is a collection of things I’ve enjoyed, am thankful for, been inspired by, or found interesting from the previous week and want to share. 1. Just A Closer Walk With Thee This video was recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 10, 1970 in Newport, Rhode Island. Less than a year …
This is a collection of things that I’ve been enjoying, doing, or thinking about through the week. Since it’s been a little while since my last gratitude post, I thought this would be an opportune time to share some things that I am thankful for right now. Please note that some obvious things (family, food, …
Remember how I said yesterday that I didn’t want to post anything? Ah, those fond, fond, sepia-toned memories… So yeah, today. Today? I really don’t feel like writing anything. So instead of venting my spleen on the interwebs for all the universe to see (which is foolish and lame and doesn’t accomplish anything positive), let’s …