Category: literati

Tucker Max School Of Entrepreneurism

Tucker Max School Of Entrepreneurism

I discovered Tucker Max a few years ago when I read I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. Later I found it had been made into a movie, which didn’t make any sense to me because it wasn’t exactly a plotted sort of novel. Most of the time when I watch a movie I basically …

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Why Expertise Is Valuable, But Time Is Precious

Why Expertise Is Valuable, But Time Is Precious

I am almost embarrassed to say that I just finished Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Workweek, but we practice full disclosure and openness here in California. It’s not exactly the sort of book appropriate for me, for I am one of the few people that could benefit from a 40-hour workweek. But, being the slacker that …

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A Lot to Laugh, A Train to Cry

A Lot to Laugh, A Train to Cry

A train of thought is never more fascinating than when you are heading down the tracks of one. A while ago, my wife reminded me that she had thrown away my tape collection. It was a series of large wooden racks, filled with cassette tapes of Grateful Dead shows from 1968 to 1991. I had …

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Anathem

Anathem

I was turned onto Neal Stephenson a few years ago when there were still bookstores around where you could purchase books made of paper right there on the spot. An emo salesgirl recommended that I check out Cryptonomicon. It is still one of the best books I can remember reading, and I have been a …

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The Tobacco Wrap

The Tobacco Wrap

A few months ago I went to Oregon to conduct an interview with the son of a noted Native American medicine man for a book project I am working on. I won’t reveal at this juncture who it is, because I promised he would have first look at anything I wrote, but this story isn’t …

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Preacher

Preacher

I just finished Preacher, a 75 issue series by Garth Ennis (illustrated by Steve Dillon), and I wonder if I will ever find another series to match it in that hold-your-interest, make-you-want-to-rush-home-and-read quality. Oddly, it sat on my shelf for a few years. I left it there because I thought it just wasn’t my style. …

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Wildcats Version 3.0

Wildcats Version 3.0

As I was dealing with the fact that I can’t collect all the issues of Ex Machina as the series is still ongoing and on sale, I decided to explore some of the other graphic novels in my library, and I decided to have a look at Wildcats Version 3.0. I was not in the …

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My IMDB entry

My IMDB entry

I finally got my IMDB entry for my work as Art Director on The Weathered Underground. That experience was one of the more formative ones I have had in my adult life. We worked our asses off, pulling 16 hour days everyday for 45 days straight. This was my first quasi-Hollywood experience, and I wanted …

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