This book is a biography of Jules Verne from the ’60s that has been lying around the house. It was impossible to resist such a hyperbolic title, additionally the blurb claimed “he saw into the future”. Naturally I was disappointed when Jules Verne never demonstrated actual clairvoyance. I’ve only read 20000 Leagues Under the Sea of his, but had passing knowledge of his more famous books. It’s a short biography and a significant portion is devoted to describing his stories and the effects that they […]
Yes, Please
There’s this thing I really like to do: eat. Reading is right up there (throw in playing with my kid, sleeping, and the occasional roll in the hay, and that there’s a perfect day). When I lived in New York, I was lucky enough to eat some very good food prepared by some absolute geniuses. One place I always wanted to go but never made it was Aquavit, a Michelin-starred Scandinavian restaurant that served more than just the Ikea-style meatballs we all know and love. […]
TylerDFC #CBR6 Review 1 – Let Me Off At the Top – Ron Burgundy
While enjoying a joyous Christmas yule with my family and loved ones I was gifted a copy of famous anchorman Ron Burgundy’s tome of generous wisdom by my wife and lover. I should express that my copy of Ron’s manual of manhood, Let Me Off at the Top!, is bound in rich Corinthian leather and inked with a generous dollop of real howler monkey blood, as you know the rarest ink imaginable. While the small children toddled about with their wooden steamships and the older […]