Answers to the questions I asked myself on a Friday night while huddled in a corner of my apartment telling myself that there was no boogeyman:
What is this site about?
When I tutor illiterate homeless people, or rather, if I tutored illiterate homeless people, I'd tell them that reading is fundamental; you know R.I.F. So in light of the fact that I read a few books every now and then I thought I'd share my thoughts about them. Just giving a summary of the plot would have been too easy, too efficient, the kind of thing someone with a girlfriend and a busy life would do. Therefore I've decided to go with the more time consuming and inefficient approach of providing characteristic and representative passages from each book - quotes - get it?
Wouldn't you be better served focusing on your legal career than wasting time developing web sites nobody but you will ever read?
If you think this is a waste of time you should see my collection of digital buffalos.
You probably think using the phonetic spelling of quotable for this site is pretty clever, don't you?
It's a little bit clever, but necessity is the mother of invention - "quotable.com" was already taken.
Why the blog format?
Sometimes at work I get bored - of surfing the web. By using a blog format I can edit this site on any computer with an internet connection. So it's really a matter of productivity you see. Furthermore, though the main purpose of this site is to review books, by using a blog format I'll also be able to create timely content on current events and other interesting things I come across.
Are you a book snob? And if yes, please name some popular books you feel suck and should be hated by everyone.
I'm not a book snob but reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, The Celestine Prophecy by some lunatic, and The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho were monumental wastes of time.
Why review books?
To remember them.
How many books do you read a year?
Less than I buy.
Who are your favorite authors?
Gabriel Garcia Márquez, José Saramago, Ian McEwan, Cormac McCarthy, Richard Wright, Doris Lessing, Haruki Murakami, Mario Vargas Llosa, Tolkien, Herman Hesse, Ann Perry, William Stryon, John Kennedy Toole, Kobe Abe, Jeffrey Eugenides, Edwidge Danticat, Piri Thomas, Nadine Gordimer, and Chinua Achebe to name a few.
Do you have any nicknames?
"Meanstreak" - cause I leave a mean streak of shit in my drawers.
Any parting thoughts?
It's all for the chuckle, people.
What is this site about?
When I tutor illiterate homeless people, or rather, if I tutored illiterate homeless people, I'd tell them that reading is fundamental; you know R.I.F. So in light of the fact that I read a few books every now and then I thought I'd share my thoughts about them. Just giving a summary of the plot would have been too easy, too efficient, the kind of thing someone with a girlfriend and a busy life would do. Therefore I've decided to go with the more time consuming and inefficient approach of providing characteristic and representative passages from each book - quotes - get it?
Wouldn't you be better served focusing on your legal career than wasting time developing web sites nobody but you will ever read?
If you think this is a waste of time you should see my collection of digital buffalos.
You probably think using the phonetic spelling of quotable for this site is pretty clever, don't you?
It's a little bit clever, but necessity is the mother of invention - "quotable.com" was already taken.
Why the blog format?
Sometimes at work I get bored - of surfing the web. By using a blog format I can edit this site on any computer with an internet connection. So it's really a matter of productivity you see. Furthermore, though the main purpose of this site is to review books, by using a blog format I'll also be able to create timely content on current events and other interesting things I come across.
Are you a book snob? And if yes, please name some popular books you feel suck and should be hated by everyone.
I'm not a book snob but reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, The Celestine Prophecy by some lunatic, and The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho were monumental wastes of time.
Why review books?
To remember them.
How many books do you read a year?
Less than I buy.
Who are your favorite authors?
Gabriel Garcia Márquez, José Saramago, Ian McEwan, Cormac McCarthy, Richard Wright, Doris Lessing, Haruki Murakami, Mario Vargas Llosa, Tolkien, Herman Hesse, Ann Perry, William Stryon, John Kennedy Toole, Kobe Abe, Jeffrey Eugenides, Edwidge Danticat, Piri Thomas, Nadine Gordimer, and Chinua Achebe to name a few.
Do you have any nicknames?
"Meanstreak" - cause I leave a mean streak of shit in my drawers.
Any parting thoughts?
It's all for the chuckle, people.
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2 comments:
omg, that first sentence is so funny. I can just picture your ass in the corner holding yourself...too funny bro.
to err is human, to wit is divine. i'm digging your stilo, bro. a funny, smart guy is hard to find. Long live friday nights!!
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