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Michael Palin’s Himalaya
Michael Palin may be best known as a member of Monty Python, but I’m fond of his travel documentaries produced with the BBC. Before I started my trip I watched his series entitled Himalaya where he traverses the cultures in …
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Reading List 2009
Photo Courtesy (Erik) You can also find my lists for 2007 and 2008. Most recently read first.
- Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet by Peter Hopkirk (1982).
- Nueromancer by William Gibson (1984).
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Hobbit Riddles
J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterful Lord of the Rings needs no introduction, nor does the prequel The Hobbit. One of my favorite parts of The Hobbit is in chapter five, “Riddles in the Dark,” when Bilbo Baggins and Gollum enter into …
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King of the Beats
A while back I posted about Kerouac explaining On the Road. I thought I’d revisit that by posting the the full documentary here.…
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Kerouac Speaks
The other day I was reading a few letters from Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters 1957 – 1969. Kerouac was a voracious letter writer and kept meticulous records, something akin to modern day GMail archiving all the emails you write … -
Reading List 2008
The last few months of 2007 my reading really dropped off, but it tends to go in cycles. You can also find my reading lists for part of 2007 and all of 2009. Most recently read first.
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Japanese Tetrapods
“The seashore has hardened into concrete, and the scenery of unending gray tetrapods piled on top of one another is what you can see everywhere in Japan. It has changed into something irritating and ordinary. When you look at this
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Links Galore
Here are a few links in three of my (and probably yours too) favorite areas: movies, books, and music. Have some favorites of your own? Leave me a comment!
55 Must See Movies of 2008
Who knew ’08 was gearing …
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Reading List 2007
This is an expanding list of current books I have read (mostly for my own use). Starting from most recently read.
You can also find my 2008 and 2009 lists..
- Shopping For Buddhas (1996) by Jeff Greenwald. Framed by Jeff’s
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Jack Kerouac Explains On The Road
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats, haiku lover, Buddhist inquirer, perpetual wanderlust, author, reluctant personality, disdain for labels. The enigmatic writer has been the inspiration of countless roadtrips and adventures. His seminal On The Road even starts and ends in …
