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This Is Where I Leave You

Last week Jonathan Tropper released his sixth book, “One Last Thing Before I Go“…it has not gotten good reviews. I stumbled upon Tropper by combing the Amazon reviews. A book takes a long time to read, I don’t want to waste my time. Something I read on the site convinced me to take a risk. […]

Rejection

I have a friend who killed himself. And not long before he did the deed, he told me he “married well.” I know, I know, that seems like a non sequitur. Kind of like turning on your computer and finding out Tony Scott jumped off a bridge. What did Joni Mitchell sing, “We all live […]

Gone Girl

I’ve been sick as a dog. You see I was hanging with Roland Orzabal, who told me his son was in an outdoor play in Bristol, and it’d been raining all summer, and his boy had gotten sick, and the illness had spread itself throughout the family, they’d just all been to the doctor. Didn’t […]

The Lehrer Book

This book is positively fabulous. First and foremost it’s not an easy read, certainly not initially. You’ve got to wade through all this brain science that would turn most people off. Malcolm Gladwell is a much better writer. That’s why Gladwell is a household name and Jonah Lehrer is not. But that doesn’t make Lehrer’s […]