The thing I appreciated about this book the most was how it came into my possession. Several years ago (pre-COVID), I went to an estate sale in my parents’ neighborhood. From what I could tell, the person for whom the…
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“In most case learning something essential in life requires physical pain.” Since it’s my Year of Murakami, I’m reading both the man’s fiction and his non-fiction. A decade or so ago, Murakami wrote a book about running. Unbeknownst to me,…
I love professional wrestling in an unironic and heartfelt way. I’ve been a fan since I was five years old, and I never really looked back. I like the spectacle, the storytelling, the athleticism, and the “Holy crap!”ness of it…
When I was eight, I spent the entire summer running around Indiana. My great uncle had a few acres in a rural part of the state. One day he handed me a hatchet and gestured towards the woods and off I…
Do you enjoy 1980s professional wrestling, indie comics, social media, metal, fantasy, and juvenile humor? Yes? Then For the Title is the book for you! As you can probably tell from the book cover, this is a silly comic. It…
Born to Run has over 3,100 reviews on Amazon and a 4.5 star rating, so the odds are good that you have heard of it. The author, Christopher McDougall, was forty-ish year old guy who kind of liked running but…
