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“Going Clear”: A Master-piece?

Thanks to the library, I have my hot little hands on a copy of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright. Previously, I'd read Wright's fantastic article in the New Yorker about David Miscavige, the successor to Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard. And now there's so much more to wallow in! I'm only about 100 pages in so far, but already it's an astonishing portrait of a bizarre, delusional, overbearing, narcissistic larger-than-life personality. With this background, I'm now realizing how eerily accurate Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance in The Master really was. (It doesn't make me [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:01-07:00April 11th, 2013|Tags: , , |

Little Free Library Series – Off the Planet

No Work Friday! Have you ever noticed that the sun shines brighter when you take a Friday off of work?  It’s a beautiful sunny first Friday of spring – although it’s still colder than a vampire’s derriere – a good day for a visit to a Little Free Library.  After consulting the on-line LFL map before heading to the grocery store, I hopped on my bike, frequently weaving my way around bits of ice and rivulets of melting snow.  Located on a quiet residential cul-de-sac, adjacent to a picturesque ice-covered pond in a nearby suburb, this library is mounted in [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:01-07:00March 24th, 2013|

Little Free Library Series – River of Death

Snow, Mud and a Little Free Library... It was a gloomy morning in early March – Daylight Saving’s Eve – plenty of snow on the ground, but just warm enough to be melting a bit with a hint of spring in the moist air.  I’d found a Little Free Library on the map and figured I’d pedal over and see what books were currently available.  Unfortunately, the trail to this library was still completely covered in a foot of snow, so I had to search elsewhere, eventually coming to a different library in a new neighborhood on my hometown’s suburban [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:02-07:00March 17th, 2013|
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