He talks about having his first child and the world, and says things like in the past 4 years I wonder if the world was a place I wanted to bring a child into, and stuff like that.
These TDS people can find ways to wedge Trump into anything.
Post by Iron Mike Sharpe on Jan 28, 2022 11:58:18 GMT -5
Finished reading Woke Up This Morning. That oral history of The Sopranos by Christopher and Bobby Baclava. It is basically their podcast in book format.
Great, fun read. My only complaint about the book: they have so many great stories about Paulie Walnuts being a nut in real life, but he isn't interviewed at all in the book.
Finished reading Woke Up This Morning. That oral history of The Sopranos by Christopher and Bobby Baclava. It is basically their podcast in book format.
Great, fun read. My only complaint about the book: they have so many great stories about Paulie Walnuts being a nut in real life, but he isn't interviewed at all in the book.
How much of the podcast have you listened to? I am on episode 34. I was considering picking up this book, but if it is just a rehashing of what they have said on the podcast I am not sure I want to read the book.
Started reading "It's Better To Be Feared," Seth Wickersham's book about the Patriots. It's really good. I'm probably only about 1/3 of the way into it but it's one of my favorite sports books I've read. Really good insight, he basically had full access to the team with his contract saying he wasn't able to publish the book until after Brady or Belichick left the team. Would recommend.
Started reading "It's Better To Be Feared," Seth Wickersham's book about the Patriots. It's really good. I'm probably only about 1/3 of the way into it but it's one of my favorite sports books I've read. Really good insight, he basically had full access to the team with his contract saying he wasn't able to publish the book until after Brady or Belichick left the team. Would recommend.
So this was really good. Apparently Brady and Belichick didn't give any new interviews to him but it's just a really good recap of the entire Brady-Belichick-Kraft (to a lesser extent) run. Would recommend. The climb was more interesting than the plateau, so it starts stronger than it ends, but really enjoyed.
Post by Iron Mike Sharpe on Mar 9, 2022 11:10:23 GMT -5
Michael Schur has a book out. How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question.
From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world.
I made it halfway through the first chapter and bailed. It is everything he learned about moral philosophy from his research making The Good Place.
Post by Iron Mike Sharpe on Mar 17, 2022 21:14:53 GMT -5
Just finished The Sins of Our Fathers, the final novella from The Expanse series.
The story deals with Filip and what happens on a ring planet after the events of the final novel occurred.
One nit: there is a character that the authors just refer to as a they throughout. Everyone else is a he or she. Gotta just have a they in there for the hell of it.
Read "Blood in the Garden", Chris Herring's book about the 90's Knicks. Despite having no affiliation with the team, I enjoyed it overall. Randomly I always kind of felt like that team had a very static roster but its kind of crazy how much different the 2 finals teams rosters were, with the exception of Ewing. Overall, would recommend.
It had some cool points and he had some interesting thoughts about things, but it really could have used a theme or something tie it together. Even proceeding chronologically might have helped. It was just so random in its structure. It goes from Ross Perot, to Friends, to the Internet, to Nirvana to Columbine. Just jumps around. He has segments about Seinfeld in at least 3 separate parts of the book.
The last 100 pages were kind of slog. Sort of like he wanted to reach a certain page count. It definitely starts stronger than it finishes. (That is what Wolf's mom said about LDOT.)
