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What I’m Reading: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls

Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls is the latest collection of essays and short stories by humorist David Sedaris.  If you’re not familiar with him, he grew up in an eccentric but close family with five kids, a chain-smoking mom with a wry sense of humor,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls”

Nick’s annual reading goals

Over the years I’ve established a set of goals, or at least traditions, for my reading.  I try to read a selection from each of the following categories every year: 1) Bible.  During Lent, I try to read daily from the Bible or a… Continue Reading “Nick’s annual reading goals”

What I’m Reading: The Wrong Stuff

Bill Lee was a left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos in the 1970s and early 1980s.  He was well-known for his outspoken views, free-spirited approach to life, and (controversially at the time) unabashed drug use. Oh, and he was a… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Wrong Stuff”

What Is Lost

An essay, or perhaps a sermon, about writing.

What I’m Reading: The Hive

The Hive is the sequel to X-ed Out, which I wrote on about a month ago (click here to see that review).  Again, this graphic novel was loaned to me by a friend.  This one had pretty much the same strengths and weaknesses as the… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Hive”

Remembering Frederick Pohl

According to an obituary a few days ago in the Washington Post, science fiction author Frederick Pohl died on 2 September, aged 93. In junior high and high school, I read science fiction voraciously, and Frederick Pohl was one of my favorite authors (another… Continue Reading “Remembering Frederick Pohl”

What I’m Reading: Complete Peanuts, 1979-80

So this is the second volume of the Complete Peanuts I’ve read in the past few months.  The Complete Peanuts is a project to publish every strip of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts, from its inception in 1951 to its final panel in 2000.  It’s a… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Complete Peanuts, 1979-80”

What I’m Reading: City of Scoundrels

City of Scoundrelsby Gary Krist is historical non-fiction covering the story of a particularly horrific week-and-a-half in the history of Chicago, specifically, July 21st to July 31st 1919.  The experimental flight of an airship kicked the eleven days off when it caught fire above… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: City of Scoundrels”