Yesterday, I finished reading Number9Dream by David Mitchell.

Wow wow wow and once again wow.

This novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and is now shortlisted in Dave McGee's most favorite books of all time. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough.

Wow.

This has been Vague but Passionate Book Reviews with Dave McGee

Amazon.com has a bunch of new features. They list a text's "Statistically Improbably Phrases" (very funny), and have stuff like "Average Syllables per Word" and "Words per Dollar." All of this stuff is tres cool. But the one that I like best is called ConcordanceConcordance finds the 100 most used words in a book (excluding incredibly common words ( Read more... )

I've built up somewhat of a reputation for accumulating a lot of loose change. It used to cover every available flat surface in my home or dorm room; small piles of coins were evidence that I had recently been in a room. My sister-in-law once picked up all the loose change in my bedroom in California and it added up to $40, which she used to buy ( Read more... )

Currently Reading (and wow!)
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Occasionally Re-Reading
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Listening
Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe'sI'm willing to offer more substantial reviews, if anyone's interested. My guess: probably not. But if you're looking for something really effing great to read, let me recommend Cloud Atlas. Two ( Read more... )

Wow. Lots of really, really bad news this morning. Stomach-churningly bad.

Google News

Occasionally, I'll write down random bits and pieces that pop up into my head. Three words or a sentence here and there. I figure they might come in handy. It might be a paragraph. It might be a poem. It might be nothing much at all, but I find that getting it down helps me to stop thinking about it ( Read more... )

I recently received the offer to become the Assistant Director of The Seven at New York Theatre Workshop. The rehearsals begin in mid-December, and the show opens on February 8th, 2006 ( Read more... )

Ladies and Gentlemen, "Reverse Raccoon Syndrome" finally has a name. I actually went to the dermatologist and had my pale-ass skin looked at. Well, that's pale skin, not actually 'pale-ass' you know what I'm saying ( Read more... )

The news from London this morning has put a knot in my stomach that feels all too familiar. I've been sitting at my desk, trudging through the menial tasks my job requires of me, with tears streaming down my cheeks ( Read more... )

Goodbye 105th Street.
Hello 149th Street.

It's moving day.