I’ve been on a fiction kick for the past decade, devouring everything from Harry Potter to Oprah’s latest picks, occasionally dabbling in really trashy fluff such as Fifty Shades of Grey. When I started reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, it was a bit of a shock to the system, being my first non-fiction read in [...]
Like many (most?) people, I have fears and inadequacies, including a fear of inadequacy. I do the same things that every self-aware individual does at one point or another, i.e.: I search for meaning, I attempt to understand the nature and purpose of existence, I try to be a better person today than I was [...]
I enjoyed this book – it was a quick, interesting read, and I certainly learned a few things. I learned, for instance, that if you start looking for them, you’ll probably start seeing signs of early onset Alzheimer’s everywhere, from difficulty concentrating to isolated instances of anomia (problems recalling words or names). Yes, you too [...]
I am fairly certain Armageddon is not around the corner. I’ve been disappointed by too many lame end-of-the-world predictions to actually believe the end of the world is nigh. Rather, the end of my first novel is within sight. Allow me to be perfectly clear: I have not yet begun to set pen to paper. [...]