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| When We Read | | Jan |  227 | | Feb | 185 | | Mar | 199 | | Apr | 197 | | May | 195 | | Jun | 208 | | Jul | 223 | | Aug | 188 | | Sep | 191 | | Oct | 149 | | Nov | 172 | | Dec | 193 |
| How We Rate Movies | | 10 | 35 | | 9 | 84 | | 8 | 191 | | 7 | 200 | | 6 | 190 | | 5 | 156 | | 4 | 85 | | 3 | 53 | | 2 | 28 | | 1 | 17 | | 0 | 5 | | -1 | 1 |
| When We See Movies | | Jan | 91 | | Feb | 100 | | Mar | 106 | | Apr | 67 | | May | 63 | | Jun | 79 | | Jul | 107 | | Aug | 93 | | Sep | 83 | | Oct | 95 | | Nov | 93 | | Dec | 70 |
| | recently added books | |
New Orleans Sketches
by William Faulkner, 173 pages
Tony Pisarenkov Saturday, November 21, 2009
A delightful collection of Faulkner's early sketches, written when he lived briefly in New Orleans in 1924-1925, and inspired by it. Very enjoyable, and made more so by my recent trip there. The editor's introduction is very well-written as well and gives some interesting information on Faulkner's early life.
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Fool
by Christopher Moore, 311 pages
Steven Krise Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sort of a bawdy Pratchett-esque take on King Lear, maybe?
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Maus
by Art Spiegelman, 296 pages
Steve Gadd Monday, November 16, 2009
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Freedom Evolves
by Daniel Dennett, 347 pages
Steven Krise Thursday, November 12, 2009
Dennett skirts most of the babble about free will and determinism by defining free will to be behavioral plasticity coupled to culture. As such, it has evolved over the entire course of life on Earth and seems to have culminated in modern humans who have the most plastic and culture.
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Our Man In Havana
by Graham Greene, 220 pages
Steven Krise Wednesday, November 11, 2009
http://www.google.com/#q=synopsis+"graham+greene"+"our+man+in+havana"
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Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition
by Ed Regis, 289 pages
Steve Gadd Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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The Conformist
by Alberto Moravia, 376 pages
Tony Pisarenkov Sunday, November 01, 2009
Though I've seen the movie twice, reading the book reminded me how much I didn't remember about it. I initially had some misgivings about Moravia's style, but in the end it worked.
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Life As We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life
by Peter Ward, 292 pages
Steven Krise Thursday, October 29, 2009
Ward challenges the Darwinian "orthodoxy" with his startling thesis that life on other planets may (or may not) use different chemistry from Earth life.
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The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy, 468 pages
Steve Gadd Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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The Everything Knots Book
by Randy Penn, 273 pages
Steven Krise Thursday, October 22, 2009
A fairly standard introduction to knots. It tries to go beyond just having diagrams showing you how to tie knots by having chapters on rope management, teaching knot tying, your continuing knot journey, but the author didn't really have enough material to support these additional chapters. So +5 for the idea, but -7 for the implementation.
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| | recently added movies | |
After the Wedding
 
Steve Gadd DVD Thursday, November 12, 2009
Our first Netflick.
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The Soviet Story
Tony Pisarenkov The Cato Institute, Washington, DC Monday, November 02, 2009
A documentary on the Soviet Union, its collusion with the Nazis in 1939-1940, and, following its joining the Allies, the West's continued reluctance to indict the Soviets fully for the horrors they perpetrated throughout the country's existence. Occasionally didactic in tone, but highly recommended nonetheless, for its chilling archival footage if nothing else.
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It Might Get Loud
Tony Pisarenkov Landmark E St. Theatre, Washington, DC Monday, September 14, 2009
Had its moments, but on the whole couldn't decide whether it wanted to be about How To Communicate Your Great Art To The World Through Music or a guitar geek-fest. It also had more than a whiff of an ego trip for jack White about it.
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The International
Steve Gadd DVD Thursday, June 11, 2009
The glossy international scenes and shootout at the Guggenheim fail to make up for the synthetic story and wooden performances.
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Michael Clayton
Steve Gadd Flexplay DVD Saturday, April 04, 2009
Seven stars for the movie, which was nothing less or more than expected. And a 9.5 for the Flexplay DVD format. For the price of a rental, you get a pristine unscratched disc and two days to watch it, with nothing to return. The only downside is the barebones menu with no extras.
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The Visitor
Steve Gadd DVD Sunday, March 29, 2009
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Happy Go Lucky
Steve Gadd DVD Saturday, March 28, 2009
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The Wrestler
Steve Gadd Fairfax Regal Cinemas Friday, March 13, 2009
Nothing really bad about the movie, but not all that much going for it either.
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Charlie Wilson's War
Steve Gadd DVD Tuesday, March 03, 2009
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Eşkıya
Steve Gadd bittorrent cinema Saturday, January 31, 2009
The best parts were the makings of a watchable film; can't quite make out how the rest got in.
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