Weekend Reading: “They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?” and “No Country for Old Men”
Knocked down a couple of fiction books this weekend while traveling to and from Southeast LinuxFest. They Eat Puppies, Don’t They? by Christopher Buckley, and No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. I’ve been a fan of Christopher Buckley since I picked up Little Green Men years ago, but he’s probably...
[Review] The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
A few years ago, I came late to The Wire, but caught up quickly. Usually I’m not one to buy the hype for television series, but I had to admit that The Wire was every bit as powerful, funny, and eye-opening as its fans claimed. It’s a show that...
Book Review: Gulp by Mary Roach
Mary Roach’s Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal is typical of her books, which is to say it’s a highly enjoyable read that belies the amount of research that’s obviously gone into the work. Like her other books, Stiff, Bonk, Spook, etc., Roach takes a topic that doesn’t necessarily lend itself...