Movies
April 2012
04.21.12 Comedian @ Home (4
)
March 2012
03.27.12 The Descendents on United Airlines (4)
03.24.12 Ghost Dog, The Way of the Samurai @ Home (4)
Inside Job (again) @ Home (5)
February 2012
02.19.12 Wall-E @ Home (5)
02.18.12 Spaced (complete series) @ Home (5)
02.02.12 Alien @ a cabin in Tahoe (5)
January 2012
A Streetcar Named Desire @ Home(4)
December 2011
The American Rocketeer The Strouse House @ (4)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale @ The Strouse House (5)
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer @ The Strouse House (4)
November 2011
11.26.11 Coraline @ The Peintner's (5)
11.25.11 The Tree of Life @ The Peintner's (2)
11.18.11 Battle: Los Angeles @ Home (3)
October 2011
10.28.11 Citizen Kane @ Home (4)
10.25.11 The American Rocketeer @ Caltech's
Beckman Auditorium (4)
10.22.11 Margin Call @ Laemmle
Playhouse 7 in Pasadena (5)
September 2011
09.22.11 Midnight in Paris on United Airlines Flight 839 (5)
August 2011
08.25.11 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind @ Home (4)
08.19.11 Barton Fink @ Home (4)
08.12.11
Collapse @ Home (3)
July 2011
07.23.11
Constantine's Sword @ Home (5)
07.22.11 An
Inconvenient Truth @ Home (5)
07.03.11 A
Day Without a Mexican @ Home (3)
June 2011
06.04.11
V: The Original Miniseries @ Home (4)
May 2011
05.30.11 The Man Who
Would Be King @ Home (4)
05.15.11 The
Color Purple @ Home (3)
April 2011
04.16.11 Dark City
@ Home (4)
04.13.11 Answer This!
L.A. Premiere @ Harmony Gold Theater in Hollywood (4)
04.09.11 Dead Man
@ Home (4)
March 2011
03.26.11
8: The Mormon Proposition @ Home (5)
03.24.11 Inside
Job (again) @
Academy Cinemas in Pasadena
(5)
03.12.11 Once
@ Home (5)
February 2011
02.22.11 Wordplay
@ Home (4)
02.20.11 The
King's Speech @ the Casino
Theater on Santa
Catalina Island
(5)
02.13.11 Bedtime
Stories @ Home
(3)
02.007.11 The
Squid and the Whale @ Home (4)
January 2011
01.09.11 Hitch
@ Home (4)
01.04.11 Milk
@ Home (5)
December 2010
12.27.10 True
Grit @ Franklin Park 16 in Toledo, OH
(4)
12.08.10 La
Mission @ Home
(3)
November 2010
11.27.10 The
Shop Around the Corner @ The Peintner's
(3)
11.27.10 Scrooged
@ The Peintner's
(3)
11.08.10 Inside
Job @ Laemmle
Playhouse 7 in Pasadena (5)
11.05.10 Kurt Cobain:
About a Son @ Home (4)
September 2010
09.24.10 Primer
@ Home (5)
09.18.10 Lilo
& Stitch @ Home (3)
July 2010
07.31.10 Inception
@ UA La Canada Flintridge
(5)
07.17.10 Strange Powers
@
The DGA Theater Complex (L.A.
Outfest 2010) (5)
June 2010
06.26.10 Casino
Royale @ Dan and Becky's (4)
06.19.10 Hot
Fuzz @ Home
(4)
06.12.10
Labyrinth @ Devil's Night
Drive-in (Downtown LA)
(4)
06.04.10 Contact
@ Home (4)
May 2010
05.17.10 Up
@ Home (5)
05.07.10 Iron
Man 2 @ AMC Burbank Town Center (3)
March 2010
03.23.10 Run, Fat Boy, Run @ Home
03.06.10
Rushmore @ Home (5)
February 2010
02.05.10
Inglorious Basterds @ Home (4)
January 2010
01.29.10 500
Days of Summer @ Home (4)
01.12.10 Adam
@ Home (4)
01.10.10
Failure to Launch @ Home (2)
01.09.10
Slumdog Millionaire @ Home (4)
December 2009
12.27.09 Avatar
3D @ Franklin Park 16 in Toledo, OH (4.5)
12.26.09 The
Devil Wears Prada @ The Strouse House (3)
October 2009
10.03.09 The
Informant @ AMC Burbank Town Center (3)
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
April 2012
What We Believe but Cannot Prove, edited by John Brockman (4)
March 2012
Ringworld, by Larry Niven (4)
February 2012
The Call of Cthulhu, by H.P. Lovecraft (4)
December 2011
Nation, by Terry Pratchett (5)
June 2011
Daemon, by Daniel Suarez (4)
April 2011
A Heart-breaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers (in progress)
The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman (5)
March 2011
Storm Front, by Jim Butcher
(3)
August 2010
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein (4)
March 2010
Complexity, by Mitchell Waldrop
(4)
November 2009
Walden,
by Henry David Thoreau (3)
August 2009
What Do You Care What Other People Think?, by Richard
Feynman (5)
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
|
The above lists only those books that I was not required to read. Damn straight. |
Music, Sports, Events
2011
12.27.11 Toledo Walleye vs. Chicago Express (Win!, 3-2) @ The Huntington Center in Toledo, OH
11.11.11 The 2nd Annual Los Angeles Limerick Festival @ The Altadena Ale House (another link)
10.27.11 Man Man with Grandchildren @ The Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles
08.13.11 Metamorphoses @ Caltech, presented by EXPLiCIT / TACIT
08.12.11 The Eels @ The El Rey Theater in the Miracle Mile, L.A.
08.08.11 Phish @ The Hollywood Bowl
08.06.11 L.A. Folk Festival @ The Zorthian Ranch in Altadena,
CA
06.25.11 Beethoven and the Beatles
Festival on the Green: Andrew Lloyd Webber meets Puccini @ L.A. County Arboretum
in Arcadia, CA
06.04.11 Star Wars in Concert @ The Hollywood Bowl
04.15.11 R.C. Quakes
vs. Lancaster Jethawks (Lost,
3-4) @ The Epicenter in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
03.23.11 Radiolab Live: Symmetry @ Royce Hall on UCLA Campus
01.20.11
Lord Huron and
Gamble House @ The Autry,
as part of L.A.
Unheard
01.14.11 TEDxCaltech - Feynman's Vision @ Caltech
2010
12.29.10 Toledo Walleye
vs. Kalamazoo Wings @ The
Huntington Center in Toledo, OH
10.12.10 The Eels with Jesca Hoop @
The Music Box in
Hollywood
07.25.10 Music
of John Williams @ Walt
Disney Music Hall
in Los Angeles
07.24.10 Aerospace Summer Games @
Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey
07.13.10 Golden Arrow Holy Face and Wols
@ the
Cat Club in West
Hollywood
05.22.10 Detroit
Tigers vs. L.A. Dodgers @ Dodger
Stadium in Los Angeles
03.29.10 Satsang Lounge
@ the Bootleg
Theater in Echo Park
03.18.10 Paintball @ Hollywood
Sports
03.13.10
Tales of an Urban Indian @ The Autry,
as part of Native Voices
03.02.10 The Magnetic
Fields @
Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles
01.19.10 MOTH Theater @ El Cid in Silverlake / L.A.
01.14.10 L.A. Kings vs. Mighty
Ducks (Won, 4-0) @ The Staples Center
in Los Angeles
2009
12.15.09 MOTH Theater @ El Cid in Silverlake / L.A.
11.17.09 MOTH Theater @ El Cid in Silverlake / L.A.
11.15.09
The
Mountain Goats @ The
Music Box in Hollywood
10.24.09
Daniel Johnston
@
The Music Box in
Hollywood
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