This is not the first time I've read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, and it probably won't be the last. However, I think I like the book less and less with each reading. This book is really two books put together, it is a novel and and political manifesto combined into one. The novel is interesting, …

TBWITWW rented Lost in Translation last night. Wow. I was very dissapointed. It was like watching someone else's real life. As we all know, real life just isn't that exciting most of the time. You spend a lot of time sitting around doing things that are of no interest whatsoever to people outside of your life. …

For TBWITWW's birthday, my parents bought us tickets to Swan Lake at the Civic Opera House. I have to say, sometimes it gets tough to remember why I want to work in theater. The hours are bad, the pay is for shit, and long-term prospects are shakey as a whole. Granted, I've got a pretty steady …

My first introduction to Neil Stephenson was In the Beginning was the Command Line, which I strongly recommend to anyone with an interest in computers. It's a relatively short read, and is very interesting in a lot of ways. Crytonomicon on the other hand is a looooong book. Coming in at almost 1200 pages in paperback, …

WIL WHEATON DOT NET: lying in odessa - part one Wow... I've commented on Wil Wheaton's writing before, but this is some good shit yo. If you really want to screw with your mind, wait the 24 hours between each section that he made the "Regulars" wait. I don't even know much about poker and I …

Assured Response by Joe Webber is a fairly traditional techno-thriller. Not great, but something to kill some time on the train. In Assured Response, the heros are daring and lucky, while the bad guys are immoral, vicious, and nearly indestructable... but not quite. This book has all the things that go into the typical techno-thriller, but …

I read a lot, and since I can read at work frequently, I tend to read pretty fast. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H. W. Brands, kicked my ass. I took me more than two weeks to finish this book. It's only about 700 pages, but it took me for-freakin-ever. …