February 2012
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Make You Cry Music
He use to only cry while watching Field of Dreams. The scene where his dead father comes alive on the baseball diamond to play catch with his son, got him every time. He’s seen the movie half a dozen times, he knows the scene’s coming, he hears the ‘make you cry music’ through the speakers. Even knowing all of this, he’s crying like he’s just lost his cat. ...
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“It is only in the mysterious equations of love, that any logical reasons can be...”
– John Nash
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Random Thought
Sometimes I think Roberto Bolaño is the Tupac Shakur of literature. Not because Bolaño was a Mad MC, but because of how many books, have come out after his death. Remember the years after Tupac died? It seemed like there was a new album of previous unreleased tracks every few months.
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My Oscar Picks: Jeffrey Eugendies →
January 2012
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Mistaken for Strangers, The National.
Sundays...
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“I’ve been killing characters my entire career, maybe I’m just a...”
– -George R.R. Martin.
I hope in the near future, I can turn the page to find out someone has taken Prince Viserys Taragaryens, head off. (I don’t like him)
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The Princess Bride
“The worst aspect of my depression is what I’ve come to think of as “black dog time,” when my enthusiasm for anything takes an Acapulco cliff-dive. It’s a hard state of mind to describe— in fact, it’s a hard state of mind to even detect, and even once you have detected it it’s hard to give a damn because you’re, well, depressed. It’s a...
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Arya Stark is my favorite.
December 2011
23 posts
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2011
2011 a year that’s almost over. The worst year of my life, for reasons never to be explored here publicly. I’m sure there’s people in this world who want this year to pass, much more then I do, but for me, the end of two thousand and eleven can’t come soon enough. The end of a year always brings with it reflection and also the hope of new beginnings. I won’t be...
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Grocery Store
If you venture into a grocery tomorrow, wish every employee you see a Merry Christmas. They have worked their asses off, so every one could have their cranberries that no one at the table will touch.
To you and yours a Merry Christmas.
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My Favorite Books of 2011
When I look at back at the year that was through reading, I’m struck by how the books I chose to read didn’t fall into any pattern whatsoever. There was no genre specific adventure I went on. I did read more books released in a specific year, then any past years. Although it hurt my bank account. It was nice to read books being talked about in the moment. My favorite release of the...
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“That’s a somewhat arbitrary but probably sufficient cross section of what you...”
– Charles Yu of Los Angeles Review of Books
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Anonymous asked: You've hinted at it, but I don't want you to stop writing this blog. It means too much to me. I found it when looking for blogs about books. I found many others of that type through your blog, but I've really only stayed with yours. It's not about the books anymore. I'm a little more than half your age and I look at the life you've presented here for reassurance that...
Anonymous asked: how old are you?
brianmlatimer asked: Any plans for a 'best books of the year' list?
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Gift
She is his greatest gift. Like the sun, that rises, over blue seas, and grass covered plains, that peaks through snow covered mountains, her brown eyes rise to look at him.
He always wanted to have children. As early as he could recall he wanted to be a father. He never knew why, and looking back now, still doesn’t understand the reasons for wanting to be one. Some people do, others...
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gingersnaps-deactivated20111228 asked: How did you and your wife meet?
If you’ve ever wondered?
A Thought.
A thought. Hundreds, if not thousands come to you throughout the day. For the most part they come and they go. But some, and it may only be one, in a days time, demand further reflection.
The thought: This blog, I write and create, will provide my girls a better understanding of the person I am. They will know things about their father, they may not have ever known.
This is the thought I...
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“….and at once I knew I was not magnificent.”
– Bon Iver, Holocene.
In one sentence he wraps up my whole life.
