“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,” he used to say. “You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
Yeah … this is an essay about JRR Tolkien, the hero’s journey and how it applies to flameouts in [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Books’
April 20, 2009
Frodo Baggins explains why the Sharks are losing
February 25, 2008
A-fucking-men.
I’m not one for penning tiny blog posts to share a single link without, you know, yammering on for several paragraphs about what I think about it … but the following essay in the Washington Post is such an excellent little opinion piece that I’m going to let it speak for itself. Mostly.
I knew that [...]
January 21, 2008
Why the Education System Might Be Fucked
We hear a lot about the underfunded education system, both here and in the United States. We hear about a lack of teachers, old and outdated textbooks, no money for special needs education, cutbacks in fine arts classes and book shortages so extreme that in some schools children are not allowed to take their books [...]
July 15, 2007
More Idiots Write About Harry Potter
Far be it from me to take issue with the inanity of an article that appears in the Sunday Star … but one begins to wonder after a while if that paper (interesting as it sometimes is) is becoming the newspaper equivalent of academics who talk to hear the sound of their own voices spouting [...]
July 10, 2007
You got served, Potter!
Since the latest movie opens this week and the final Harry Potter book is only a few weeks away, it seems like a suitable time to smack the little boy wizard back to his rightful place. Just so he doesn’t get out of line.
In a poll taken in Britain, Harry Potter is only the third-best [...]
