Movies
September 2009
09.18.09
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button @ Home
(3
)
09.09.09
Paris, je t'aime @ Home
(4)
09.04.09
Bottle Rocket @ Home (4)
August 2009
08.19.09
Alcatraz is Not an Island @
The Southwest
Museum of the American Indian (4)
08.15.09
Let the Right One In @
Home (5)
08.08.09
There Will Be Blood @ Home (4.5)
08.01.09
Amelie @ Home (5)
July 2009
07.25.09
Twilight @
the rooftop of the Schoolhouse
Parking Garage in Pasadena (4)
07.09.09
Addicted to Plastic @
The Armory Center for
the Arts in Pasadena (4)
June 2009
06.20.09
Away We Go @
Laemmle Theater in Pasadena (4)
May 2009
05.10.09
Battlestar Galactica (The Miniseries) @ Home
(5)
05.09.09
Star Trek @ UA La Canada Flintridge
(3.5)
April 2009
04.20.09
Saved!
@ Home
(5)
04.19.09
FLOW (For Love of Water)
@ Home
(5)
04.04.09
My Name is Bruce
@ Home
(4)
March 2009
03.28.09
The Notebook
@ Home
(3)
03.26.09
Roving Mars
@ Home
(5)
03.22.09
Who Killed the Electric Car? @ Home
(5)
February 2009
02.15.09
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist @
The Kahn House in Palm Springs
(4)
02.11.09
Beyond the Sea @ Home
(2)
January 2009
01.22.09
Akeelah and the Bee @ Home
(4)
01.12.09
Me and You and Everyone We Know
@ Home
(4)
01.01.09
Burn After Reading
@
Michigan Theater (5)
December 2008
12.15.08
No Country for Old Men @ Home
(4)
November 2008
11.22.08
Darjeeling Limited @ Home
(4)
11.17.08
Sideways @ Home
(4)
11.01.08
The Wicker Man
(1974) @ Home
(4)
October 2008
10.26.08
W
@ Pacific Paseo Stadium 14 in
Pasadena
(4)
10.11.08
Son of Rambow @ Home
(5)
September 2008
09.14.08
The Birds @
The Edison Bar in Downtown L.A.
(3)
09.13.08
Michael Clayton @ Home
(3)
09.06.08
The Dark Knight @ UA La Canada Flintridge
(5)
August 2008
08.23.08
Pineapple Express @ Pacific Paseo Stadium 14 in
Pasadena
(5)
June 2008
06.29.08
Into the Wild @ Home
(4)
06.14.08
Something New @ Home on TV
(3)
May 2008
05.17.08
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade @
Home (4)
April 2008
04.01.08
The Girl Next Door @ Home
(3)
March 2008
03.24.08
Babel @
Home (4)
January 2008
01.24.08
JPL & The Beginnings of the Space Age @
Caltech's Beckman Auditorium (5)
01.13.08
Sweeney Todd @
Krikorian Theaters in Monrovia (3)
01.07.08
Juno @
AMC Santa Anita (5)
November 2007
11.17.07
Superbad @
Briarwood Dollar Movies (4)
11.04.07
Lars and the Real Girl @
Michigan Theater (5)
October 2007
10.29.07
Nosferatu @
Michigan Theater (with live organ music: 5)
July 2007
07.28.07
Lagaan @ Paul Griffith's House (3)
07.21.07
Harry Potter and the Order
of the Phoenix @ Showcase Ann Arbor (3)
07.05.07
Dodgeball
@ Ann Arbor "Top of
the Park"
(4)
May 2007
05.21.07
Challenger @ Home (3)
05.10.07
Strange Brew in Greg's
Hospital Room (5)
April 2007
04.13.07
Army of Darkness @ Home (4)
04.13.07
Evil Dead
II @ Home (5)
March 2007
03.11.07
Good Will Hunting @ Home (5)
February 2007
02.04.07
The Last Kiss @ Home (4)
02.03.07
Clerks II @ Home (3)
January 2007
01.05.07
The Painted Veil @
Michigan Theater
(3)
December 2006
12.19.06
The U.S. vs. John Lennon @
Michigan Theater
(5)
12.13.06
Enron: The
Smartest Guys in the Room @ Home (4)
November 2006
11.22.06
Murderball @ Home (4)
11.10.06
The Queen @
Michigan Theater
(3)
11.07.06
A History of Violence @ Home (4)
11.03.06
The Aristocrats @ Home (4)
October 2006
10.24.06
The Science
of Sleep @
State Theater
(4)
10.20.06
The Last King of Scotland @
Michigan Theater
(4)
10.15.06
Little Miss
Sunshine @ Showcase Ann Arbor (5)
September 2006
09.19.06
Match Point @ Home (4)
09.17.06
Wedding Crashers @ Home (3)
August 2006
08.04.06
The Village
@ Home (4)
(a good
review)
July 2006
07.29.06
Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest
@ Quality 16
(4)
07.21.06
The 40 Year-Old Virgin @ Home
(4)
07.18.06
A Scanner Darkly @
Michigan Theater
(4)
07.15.06
Serenity @ Sarah Thayer's House
(3)
June 2006
06.24.06
What the Bleep Do We Know!? @ Home
(3)
May 2006
05.29.06
The Century - America's Time (Vol. 3) @ Home
(4)
05.28.06
Water @
Michigan Theater
(3)
April 2006
04.29.06
Duck Season @
Michigan Theater
(3)
04.22.06
Friends
with Money @
Michigan Theater (4)
04.08.06
Thank You
for Smoking
@ Showcase Ann Arbor (5)
March 2006
03.25.06
An Officer and a
Gentleman @ Home (3)
03.22.06 Elizabethtown on our flight back from Prague
03.12.06
Uncle
Saddam @ Home
(4)
03.12.06
The Century - America's Time (Vol. 2) @ Home
(4)
03.07.06
The
Corpse Bride @ Home (4)
03.05.06
Team America @
Home
(4)
February 2006
02.11.06
Gandhi @ Home
(4)
02.07.06
Crash @ Home (5)
January 2006
01.14.06
Wallace &
Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit @
Briarwood Dollar Movies (4)
December 2005
12.20.05
Jesus is
Magic @
Michigan Theater (4)
12.17.05
The Polar
Express @ The Strouse House (3)
12.12.05
The
Girl in the Café @ Home (5)
12.10.05
Sin City @ Home (4)
12.10.05
Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire
@ Showcase Ann Arbor (3)
November 2005
11.26.05
Walk the Line @ Cinema de Lux in Maumee, OH (5)
11.12.05 Shackleton (Vol. 1) @ Home
11.09.05
Inherit
the Wind @ Home (4)
[historical
accuracy]
11.03.05
Paperclips @
Michigan Theater (4)
11.02.05
The Homes of Frank Lloyd Wright @ Home
(3)
October 2005
10.26.05
The Century - America's Time (Vol.1) @ Home
(4)
10.25.05
The Life
Aquatic @ Katia's house (5)
10.18.05
Creatures of the Mangrove (National Geographic
Society) @ Home
(3)
10.13.05
About a Boy @ Home
(3)
September 2005
09.16.05
Blade Runner @
Home (4)
09.07.05
All Quiet
on the Western Front @ Home (4)
August 2005
08.27.05 The Aviator @ Home (3)
08.23.05
Layer Cake @
Home (4)
08.20.05
Kung Fu
Hustle @ Home (4)
08.13.05
A Series
of Unfortunate Events @ Home (2)
July 2005
07.15.05
March of the Penguins @
Michigan Theater (5)
June 2005
06.24.05
Howl's Moving Castle
@ Showcase Ann Arbor (4)
06.20.05
Napoleon
Dynamite @
Ann Arbor "Top of
the Park" (4)
06.17.05
Batman
Begins
@ Quality 16
(4)
May 2005
05.30.05
Star Wars Episode III @
Manahawkin Regal 10 in NJ (5)
05.07.05
Kingdom
of Heaven @ Franklin Park Cinemas in Toledo
(4)
05.02.05
Star Wars
Episode II @ Home
(3)
April 2005
04.29.05
The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy @
Village Theatre Briarwood (3)
04.22.05
Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas @ Home
(5)
04.20.05
Millions @ State Theater
(4)
04.08.05
Danny
Deckchair @ Home
(3)
04.04.05
Coffee
and Cigarettes @ Home
(2)
March 2005
03.30.05
Born into
Brothels @
Michigan Theater (5)
03.23.05
Tarnation @
Michigan Theater (4)
03.12.05
Hero @ The Strouse House
(5)
03.11.05
Napoleon
Dynamite @ Home (4)
03.05.05
The Lost
Skeleton of Cadavra @ Home
(4)
03.01.05
The
Manchurian Candidate on vacation in Utah (3)
February 2005
02.20.05
Saved! @ Home (5)
02.17.05
Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind @ Home (5)
02.13.05
The Bourne Identity @ Home
(4)
02.12.05
Garden State @ Home
(4)
02.11.05
Shaun of the Dead @ Home
(4)
02.09.05
Hotel
Rwanda @
Michigan Theater (Relief
Benefit) (4)
02.05.05
The Fog of
War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of
Robert S. McNamara @ Home (4)
02.04.05
Midnight
in the Garden of Good and Evil @ Home (3)
January 2005
01.08.05
Sleeper
@ Home
(3)
01.04.05
Kinsey
@
Michigan Theater (5)
01.01.05
National
Treasure @ Petoskey Bellaire Theater
(3)
December 2004
12.26.04
Finding
Nemo @ Mimi's Dad's (4)
12.25.04
The Life
Aquatic @ Showcase Maumee (5)
12.24.04
Mean Girls @ The Strouse House
(3)
November 2004
11.28.94
The Stepford Wives @ The Strouse House
(2)
11.28.04
Van Helsing @ The Strouse House (3)
11.25.04
Finding Neverland
@ Showcase Ann Arbor (4)
11.20.04
The Deer
Hunter @ Home (4)
11.14.04
Bridget
Jones's Diary @ Home (3)
11.06.04
The
Triplets of Belleville @ Home (5)
October 2004
10.23.04
Along
Came Polly @ Home (2)
10.22.04
The
Matrix Revolutions @ Home (4)
September 2004
09.25.04
Bend It Like Beckham @
Home (3)
09.11.04
Upright
Citizens Brigade (Season
1) @ Home (4)
August 2004
08.28.04
My
Neighbor Totoro @ Felix's House (4)
08.26.04
The Corporation
@ Michigan
Theater (5)
08.22.04
The Big
One, by Michael Moore @ Home (4)
08.16.04
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
@ Home (4)
08.15.04
The Goonies @ State
Theater (5)
08.14.04
Outfoxed @ Home (4)
08.11.04 Spirited
Away @ Home (4)
08.02.04 Spellbound
@ Home (4)
July 2004
07.21.04 The
Trials of Henry Kissinger @ Home (4)
07.18.04
Anchorman @ Franklin Park Cinemas in Toledo (3)
07.16.04 Mystery
Science 3000: The Movie @ Home (5)
07.06.04 The Animatrix
@ Home (watch it online) (3)
07.05.04 Spiderman 2
@ Quality 16 (3)
07.05.04 Fahrenheit 9/11
@
Michigan Theater (5)
07.04.04 The Office
(Season 2) @ Home (4)
07.03.04 Spiderman
@ Home (4)
June 2004
06.24.04 Fahrenheit 9/11
- Midnight Premiere @
Michigan Theater (5)
06.21.04 Control Room
@ Michigan
Theater (4)
06.16.04 The Elegent
Universe @ Home on DVD (5)
May 2004
05.25.04 Supersize Me!
@ Michigan Theater
(5)
05.24.04 I.Q. @
Home (2)
05.21.04 Shrek 2
@ Emagine in Novi, MI (5)
05.15.04 Super Troopers @ The
Schober Cottage (4)
05.15.04 House of 1000
Corpses @ The Schober Cottage (1)
05.15.04 The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre (2003) @ The Schober Cottage (1)
05.14.04 Goodbye,
Lenin! @ State Theater
(3)
05.04.04 Kill Bill:
Vol. 2 @
Madstone Theaters (3)
05.03.04 Kill Bill:
Vol. 1 @ Home (5)
05.01.04 The Office
(First Season) @ Home (5)
April 2004
04.25.04 The Quiet
American @ Home (3)
04.24.04 Lost
in Translation @ Home (5)
04.23.04 Zoolander
@ Home (3)
04.19.04 Annie Hall
@ Home (4)
04.17.04 Best in
Show @ Home (3)
March 2004
03.21.04 The Cat in
the Hat @ Bill Laplante's (0
)
03.19.04 The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (miniseries on DVD) @
Home (4)
03.13.04 Once Upon a
Time in Mexico @ Home (4)
03.06.04 School of Rock
@ Home (3)
February 2004
02.26.04 Lost
in Translation @ Skylight Theater
& Pub in Hood River, OR
(5)
02.14.04 Mystic River
@
Madstone Theaters (4)
January 2004
01.27.04 All the
President's Men @ Home (4)
01.24.04 Big Fish
@ Showcase Ann Arbor (3)
01.11.04 Kissing Jessica Stein @ Home
01.10.04 SLC Punk @ Home
01.09.04 The Rules of Attraction @ Home
01.02.04 Return of the King @ Showcase Maumee
December 2003
12.27.03 Return of the King @ Showcase Maumee
12.20.03 The Two Towers @ The Strouse House
12.16.03 Christmas Vacation @ Bart and Liz's
12.15.03 Easy Rider @ Home
12.13.03 Pirates of the Caribbean @ Home
12.12.03 Anger Management @ Home
November 2003
11.30.03 The Right Stuff @ Home
11.29.03 Bad Santa @ Franklin Mall 6
11.28.03 Elf @ Showcase Ann Arbor
11.26.03 Door to Door @ Mimi's Mom's
11.21.03 Series 7: The Contenders @ Home
11.14.03 Finding Nemo @ Home
October 200310.30.03 Bubba Hotep @ State Theater
10.18.03 Evil Dead @ Home
September 2003
09.29.03 Beat @ Home
09.27.03 Old School @ Home
09.26.03 Dr. Strangelove @ Madstone Theaters
09.24.03 American Splendor @ Michigan Theater
09.21.03 Donnie Darko @ Bart & Liz's
09.13.03 Donnie Darko @ State Theater (Midnight Movie)
09.06.03 The Four Feathers @ Bart & Liz's
August 2003
08.28.03 Whale Rider @ Michigan Theater
08.10.03 Gangs of New York @ Home
08.09.03 Punch-Drunk Love @ Home
July 2003
07.30.03 Rivers and Tides @ Michigan Theater
The Last Temptation of Christ @ Home
Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent @ Home
AI @ Home
My Big Fat Greek Wedding @ Home
Rodger Dodger @ Home
June 2003
American Graffiti @ Ann Arbor "Top of the Park"
Secretary @ Home
May 2003
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times @ The Michigan Theater
Matrix Reloaded @ Showcase Cinemas
TRON @ State Theater (Midnight Movie)
Books
August 2009
What Do You Care What Other People Think?, by
Richard Feynman
May 2009
Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
(5)
April 2009
Beggars in Spain, by Nancy Kress
(4)
January 2009
Letter to a Christian Nation, by
Sam Harris
(5)
November 2008
The Crazed,
by Ha Jin
(4)
October 2008
The Time Traveler's Wife,
by Audrey Niffenegger
(5)
September 2008
Flatland ()
Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell (3)
The Innocent, by Ian McEwan (3)
Persepolis 2, by Marjane Satrapi (4)
August 2008
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi,
review (4)
July 2008
The End of Faith, by Sam Harris (4)
June 2008
+ World
War Z
(5)
November 2007
The Light Fantastic, by
Terry
Pratchett
(5)
The Golden Compass, by
Philip Pullman
(5)
October 2007
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, by
David
Sedaris
(4)
Red Scarf Girl, by
Ji-li Jiang
(4)
September 2007
The Wisdom of Crowds, by
James Surowiecki (3)
A Canticle for Leibowitz, by
Walter M. Miller Jr.
(5)
A Wind in the Door,
by
Madeleine
L'Engle (2)
August 2007
Heart of Darkness, by
Joseph Conrad
(4)
The Tipping Point, by
Malcolm Gladwell (abridged)
(4)
July 2007
Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling
(5)
Black Like Me, by John Howard Griffin
(5)
June 2007
Snow Crash, by
Neal Stephenson
(4)
On the Road, by
Jack Kerouac
(study
guide) (4)
May 2007
How to Talk to Girls at Parties, by
Neil Gaiman
(5)
Cats' Paws and
Catapults, by
Steven Vogel
(5)
The Boy in the
Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne
(4)
April 2007
Galileo's
Daughter, by Dava Sobel (3)
January 2007
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by
Barbara
Ehrenreich
(4)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by
Lewis Carroll (4)
The God of Small Things, by
Arundhati Roy
(5)
December 2006
The Singularity is
Near, by Ray
Kurweil
(5)
November 2006
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by
Michael Chabon [website]
(5)
October 2006
Captain Alatriste,
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
(3)
September 2006
The Man Who Tried to Save the World, by Scott Anderson
August 2006
Atlas Shrugged,
by Ayn Rand
(5)
A Briefer
History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
(4)
July 2006
The Quiet American, by Graham Greene (3)
June 2006
Evolution, by
Edward J. Larson (4)
America (The Audiobook): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy
Inaction, by Jon Stewart and the Writers of The
Daily Show (4)
The Sparrow, by
Mary Doria Russell
(5)
April 2006
+
Never Let Me Go, by
Kazuo Ishiguro (4)
March 2006
Winning, by Jack Welch (4)
"So What Are You Going to Do with That?", A guide to career-changing for M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s, by Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius
+
The Shadow of the Wind, by
Carlos Ruiz Zafon (4)
February 2006
When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden, by
Bill Maher (5)
New Rules: Polite Musings of a Timid Observer, by
Bill Maher (2)
Me Talk Pretty One Day, by
David Sedaris
January 2006
A Walk in the Woods, by
Bill Bryson
(4)
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond
December 2005
The Beak of the Finch,
by Jonathan Weiner
(4)
Writing
Your Dissertation in 15
Minutes a Day, by Joan Bolker (4)
November 2005
The Inimitable Jeeves, by
P.G. Wodehouse
(4)
Vernon God Little, by
DBC Pierre [bookclub]
(5)
Isaac Newton, by
James Gleick (3)
David Sedaris,
Live at Carnegie Hall
October 2005
ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell
White Teeth, by
Zadie
Smith (5)
Speaking with the Angel, compiled
by
Nick Hornby
[bookclub] (4)
September 2005
The Colour of Magic, by
Terry Pratchett (5)
The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw (3)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling
(4)
The Emerging Framework of World Power,
The New War on Terrorism, and
The Doctrine of Change of Course, by Noam Chomsky
August 2005
The Elephant Vanishes, by Haruki Murakami (4)
Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book, by
Robert Hamburger (5
)
+
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown (finally, I
know!) (4)
Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
(website) (4)
[bookclub]
Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition
(Part 7), from
The Teaching Company
July 2005
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror,
by
Richard A. Clarke (5)
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer (4)
Prince Caspian, by
C.S. Lewis
(3)
Advice for a Young Investigator, by Santiago Ramon y Cajal
June 2005
Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition
(Part 6), from
The Teaching Company
The Dew Breaker, by
Edwidge Danticat
(4)
[bookclub]
May 2005
The Great Unraveling, by Paul Krugman
On Bullshit, by Harry G. Frankfurt (3)
Barrel Fever, by
David Sedaris
(4)
April 2005
A Wrinkle in Time, by
Madeleine
L'Engle (guide) (4)
Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation, by Mauch and Park
Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition
(Part 5), from
The Teaching Company
The
Clinton Vision: Old Wine, New Bottles, by
Noam Chomsky
(1993)
Hostage, recording of
Charles Bukowski (4)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (again), by
Douglas Adams (5)
Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition
(Movie
soon!)
March 2005
A Mathematician's Apology, by G.H. Hardy, with
forward by C.P. Snow (2)
Lies and the Lying
Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at
the Right, by Al
Franken (5)
In The Shadow of No Towers, by
Art
Spiegelman
(4)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
by
Mark Haddon (guide)
(5)
[bookclub]
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, by
C.S. Lewis
(3)
Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition
(Part 4), from
The Teaching Company
February 2005
Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being, by George Lakoff & Rafael E. Núńez
The Complete
Maus, by
Art
Spiegelman
(4)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by
Robert Pirsig (full
text) (5)
January 2005
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, by Dr. Stephen LaBerge
Mere Christianity, by
C.S. Lewis
(2)
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction, by
Karl Iagnemma
(4)
December 2004
Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition
(Part 3), from
The Teaching Company
Prodigal Summer, by
Barbara Kingsolver (5)
November 2004
Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition
(Part 2), from
The Teaching Company
Worse than Watergate, by
John W.
Dean (5)
October 2004
Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition
(Part 1), from
The Teaching Company
Running with Scissors, by
Augusten Burroughs
(4)
September 2004
Caffeine Blues, by Stephen A. Cherniske
August 2004
Middlesex, by
Jeffrey Eugenides (5)
Case Studies in Hypocrisy, by
Noam Chomsky
The
Tao of Physics, by
Fritjof Capra
(4)
Bushwhacked, by
Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
(4)
Let Freedom Ring, by Sean
Hannity (2)
July 2004
Interpreter of Maladies, by
Jhumpa Lahiri (4)
Life on Earth, by
Sir David Attenborough (4)
What I Believe, by
Bertrand
Russell (read text
here) (4)
June 2004
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong,
by James W. Loewen (5)
The Fourth Hand, by John Irving (2)
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by
Bill Bryson (5)
May 2004
Dude, Where's My Country?, by Michael
Moore (5)
Welcome to the Monkey House, by Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr. (3)
A Ph.D. is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science, by
Peter J. Feibelman (5)
April 2004
On the Origin of Species, by Charles
Darwin (4)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by
Tom Robbins (5)
March 2004
A Pelican at Blandings, by
P. G.
Wodehouse (5)
Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis
Borges (4)
The Salmon of Doubt, again! (see below...)
February 2004
The Blind Watchmaker, by
Richard Dawkins - recommended by Douglas Adams (5)
The Salmon of Doubt, posthumous
Douglas Adams (5)
January 2004
The Mother Tongue - English and How It Got That Way, by
Bill Bryson (3)
December 2003
Under the Banner of Heaven, by
Jon Krakauer (5)
A History of God, by
Karen Armstrong (3)
November 2003
Dune: House Atreides, by Brian Herbert
and Kevin Anderson
October 2003
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
Forward the Foundation - Isaac Asimov
September 2003
Invention and Evolution: Design in Nature and Engineering - Michael French
Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
August 2003
Fallout, by Jim Ottaviani
Stupid White Men, by Michael Moore
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, by
Richard Feynman
July 2003
Einstein Lived Here - by Abraham Pais
Neuromancer - by William Gibson
Islam, by Khadijah Knight
January - July 2003
Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov
The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years, by Bernard
Lewis
Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman, by
Richard Feynman (5)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by
Douglas Adams
(4)
Islam, by
Karen Armstrong
Flight
of Eagles - Jack
Higgins
Dark
Side of the Street - Jack
Higgins
Six Easy Pieces - Lectures by Feynman
1984, by George Orwell
Before 2003 (not in order)
2001 Space Odyssey series (all 4), by Arthur C. Clarke
The Lord of the Rings (all 3) and
The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien (5)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all 5), by
Douglas Adams (5)
Dune (1-6), by Frank
Herbert (5)
The Fountainhead, by
Ayn Rand (5)
Harry Potter (I - IV),
by J.K. Rowling
Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, by Asimov
Rendezvous with Rama - Clarke
Hammer of God - Clarke
Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis
Airframe, by Michael Crichton
Sphere (why did I read that??), by Crichton
The Terminal Man, by Crichton (1972)
Timeline, by Crichton
Disclosure, by Crichton
Hannibal, by Thomas Harris
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, by Jhonen Vasquez (5)
Time and Again - Jack Finney
Microserfs, by Douglas Coupland
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
FILTH, by Irvin Welsh
Confess Fletch, by Gregory McDonald
Fletch's Fortune, by McDonald
Einstein's Dreams, by Alan P. Lightman
A Brief History of Time, by Stephen
Hawking
The Universe in a Nutshell, by Hawking
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, by Al
Franken
The Green Mile, by Stephen King
Blood and Thunder, by Max Allan Collins
The Miracle Strain: A Genetic Thriller, by Michael Cordy
A Is for Alibi, by Sue Grafton
Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
The Truce at Bakura - Kathy Tyers
Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina - Kevin Anderson
Hammer of the Gods, by Stephen Davis
Tortilla Flat, by John Steinbeck
Jurassic Park, by Crichton
The Lost World, by Crichton
Stairway to Heaven, by Richard Cole
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories,
by Martin Greenberg
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The above lists only those books that I was not required to read. Damn straight. |
Music, Sports, Events
2009
08.22.09 Conor
Oberst @
The Sunset Junction Festival in Silver Lake / L.A.
08.17.09 The Flaming Lips @
The Greek Theater in
Griffith Park
08.14.09
Spamalot @
Ahmanson Theater in Downtown L.A.
08.11.09
Mozart Under the Stars with the
L.A. Philharmonic
@ The Hollywood Bowl
07.26.09
Grace Jones with
Of Montreal and
Dengue
Fever @ The Hollywood Bowl
07.26.09
L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs @
Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
07.25.09 Aerospace Summer Games @ Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey
07.17.09
"O" by
Cirque du Soleil @ Bellagio in Las Vegas
07.12.09
Ray LaMontagne with
Blitzen Trapper and
Jenny Lewis @
The Hollywood Bowl
07.11.09
Beware of Safety @
Mr. T's Bowl in Highland Park
06.10.09 Granite Frontiers opening night @ The Autry
04.23.09 Oliver Sacks @ Royce Hall on UCLA Campus
04.15.09 Sparkle and Twang opening night featuring Marty Stewart @ The Autry
2008
11.15.08
Wine, Whiskey, and
Song @
The Autry
11.07.08
Rocket Girl @
Ramo Auditorium at Caltech
10.27.08 Red Wings vs. L.A. Kings (Won, 4-3)
@
The Staples Center
in Los Angeles
10.24.08 Jimmy Kimmel Show @ El Capitan Theater in Hollywood
10.18.08
Wine, Whiskey, and
Song @
The Autry
10.18.08 Taste of Ann Arbor & UM Football Viewing Party @ Hollywood Billiards in L.A.
09.20.08
Wine, Whiskey, and
Song @
The Autry
08.13.08
Sleepwalk with Me @
Pasadena
Playhouse
07.12.08
Festival on the Green: Andrew Lloyd Webber meets Puccini
@ L.A. County
Arboretum in Arcadia, CA
06.07.08
L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs @
Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
05.10.08 Sufficient Latitude: Interactive Wood Machines @ Art Center College of Design in Pasadena
05.05.08 Huntsville Stars vs. Mobile
BayBears @ The Joe in Huntsville (W8-6)
05.03.08 JPL Open House @ JPL in Pasadena, CA
04.25.08 University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Commencement Ceremony
02.18.08
L.A. Kings Hockey vs. Phoenix Coyotes @
The Staples Center
in Los Angeles
02.15.08
G. Love and the Special Sauce @
The House of Blues
on Sunset Strip
01.20.08 Pasadena Doo Dah Parade in Pasadena
2007
12.01.07 Shadow Art Fair @ the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti
11.30.07 UM
vs. OSU Ice Hockey @
Yost Ice Arena
in Ann Arbor
06.22.07
The Tempest @
Shakespeare in the Arb in the
Nichols
Arboretum in Ann Arbor
06.18.07 Wayne
"The Train" Hancock @
Ann
Arbor Summerfest / Top of the Park
05.27.07 Evil Dead the Musical @
The
Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario
05.12.07 Captured! by Robots @
The Elbow Room in
Ypsilanti
04.26.07 Patty Griffin @ the
Michigan Theater in Ann
Arbor
04.07.07 Ben Folds @ the
Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor
04.07.07 Grad Student Dodgeball Tournament, Team: The
Lever Arms
03.08.07 - 03.10.07 FIRST Robotics Competition, Great Lakes Regional (Volunteer)
02.23.07 College of Engineering Grad Student Bowling
Tournament @ Colonial Lanes in Ann Arbor
02.23.07
Richie Havens
@ The Ark in Ann
Arbor
01.13.07
The Pillage @
Mickey Finn's
in Toledo
01.13.07 North American Int. Auto Show in Detroit
01.12.07 The Singles and
Blanche @
The Michigan Union
(Cousin Eric plays bass for the Singles)
01.12.07 Engineering Arts Night (The Rouge - Photographs by Michael Kenna) @ the UMMA Annex
2006
12.26.06 The Lights Before Christmas @ The Toledo Zoo (Trease Family Tradition)
12.09.06 Annie Leibovitz: American Music @ The Detroit Institute of Arts (photography exhibit)
12.05.06 The Rouge - Photographs by Micheal Kenna, @ the UMMA Annex, as part of the UMMA Art Collective
12.01,12.03.06
UM Intermural Dodgeball Tournament, Team: The Lever
Arms
12.01.06 Shadow Art Fair @ the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti
11.11.06
Rackham Grad
School Dodgeball Tournament, Team: The Lever Arms -
Grand Champions!
11.04.06 Football: Michigan vs. Ball State @ Home
(W34-26)
10.31.06 Lemony Snicket and The Gothic Archies (Stephin Merritt) @ Michigan Theater, with booksigning at Borders
10.29.06 Revenge of the Bookeaters: An 826 Michigan Benefit Concert @ Pease Auditorium in Ypsilanti (Featuring: Dave Eggers, The Cowboy Junkies, Stephen Malkmus, Davy Rothbart, Dan John Miller)
10.28.06 Football: Michigan vs. Northwestern @ Home
(W20-3)
10.21.06 Football: Michigan vs. Iowa @ Home
(W20-6)
10.16.06
Madeleine Peyroux @
Michigan Theater
10.13.06 Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo Sabres @ Joe
Louis Arena in Detroit (L2-3)
10.05.06 David Sedaris @ The Detroit Opera House
09.29.06 Lord of the Yum Yum @ The Elbow Room in Ypsilanti
09.23.06 Football: Michigan vs. Wisconsin @ Home
(W27-13)
08.30.06 Baseball: Detroit Tigers vs. NY Yankees @
Yankee Stadium (W5-3) [box
score]
Saw an opera and a concert in Prague in March
02.15.06
Louis Andriessen in Concert (Arrival of Willibrord,
La Passione, and
M is Man,
Music, and Mozart) @ The
Power Center in Ann Arbor
2005
12.31.05 The Bang! New Year's Eve Party @ The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor [Flickr Photo Set]
12.08.05 Al Franken @ Michigan Theater (talk and book-signing)
11.19.05 Football: Michigan vs. Ohio State @ Home
(L21-25)
11.12.05 Football: Michigan vs. Indiana @ Home
(W41-14)
11.11.05 Dead When She's Awake @
The Dreamland
Theater in Ypsilanti
11.10.05
Captured By
Robots
@ The Elbow Room in
Ypsilanti
11.04.05 Goldoni’s
Arlecchino, Servant of Two Masters, performed
by Teatro Piccolo di Milano @
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor
10.29.05 The Bang! Dance Party @ The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
10.21.05
The Toasters @ The
Underground in Toledo (with Westbound Train)
10.17.05 Detroit Red Wings vs. San Jose Sharks @ Joe
Louis Arena in Detroit (W3-2)
06.26.05
MacHomer @ The
Power Center in AA (Summerfest)
06.21.05 "Flow", by
Will Power @ The
Power Center in AA (Summerfest)
04.02.05 Jon Stewart @ The Detroit Opera House
03.08.05
They Might Be Giants @
Borders in Ann Arbor
2004
11.18.04
The Pixies @
The State
Theater in Detroit
11.12.04 Mitch Hedberg @ Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor
10.29.04
Captured By
Robots
@ The Elbow Room in
Ypsilanti
10.29.04
G. Love and the Special
Sauce (with Slightly
Stoopid) @
The
Michigan
Theater
in Ann Arbor
10.09.04
'Laura's Bush' @
Performance
Network in Ann Arbor
08.22.04
MU330
@
The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
08.01.04
Modest Mouse @ The Royal Oak Music Theatre
07.01.04
The Magnetic Fields @ The Theater in Detroit
2003
12.02.03 Ann Arbor Poetry Slam @ The Heidelburg
10.26.03 Eels @
The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
10.09.03 Vicious
Valentine @ The Quarter Deck Inn in Ship Bottom, NJ
10.03.03 "Master the Art 2003" Break-dancing Competition @ The Michigan Union Ballroom
08.19.03 T-Townmusic.com
Tuesdays @ Frankies in Toledo
08.18.03
Ben Folds &
Tori Amos @ Meadowbrook
Music Festival in Oakland, MI
07.19.03 Les Claypool @
Headliners in Toledo
07.19.03 Los Straitjackets
@ Toledo Blues Festival
06.24.03 Ben Harper & Jack Johnson @
Meadowbrook Music Festival in Oakland, MI
05.30.03 Reverend Billy C.
Wirtz @ The Ark in Ann Arbor
04.15.03
The White Stripes @ The Masonic Temple in Detroit
04.07.03 Bob Log
III
@ The Elbow Room in
Ypsilanti