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1Q84

perpetualmemoryloss — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:04:14 PST

I finished Haruki Murakami’s new novel 1Q84 a few weeks ago and I have been letting it settle in my brain for a while before I wrote about it. Clocking in at over 950 pages, 1Q84 will take time to read. Luckily, it is time well spent and it is a thoroughly enjoyable story. 1Q84 takes place [...]

The Art Of Coffee

perpetualmemoryloss — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:25:03 PST

Coffee. There is really nothing better than a good cup of coffee first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, most mornings I have to work and that means that I have to take what I can get at work (commuting via public trans makes it far too troublesome to stop at a Starbucks, Dunkin, or anywhere [...]

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President

perpetualmemoryloss — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:04:03 PST

Today for the first time ever on PML we are having a guest post (hold the applause). Here now is the debut from my partner in blogging, Pheebs. Although this is the first time, hopefully it won’t be the last. —– I recently was lucky enough to catch the tail end of a radio news [...]

Kindle Fire Review

perpetualmemoryloss — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:12:02 PST

For the last few months I have been debating whether to get an iPad or a Kindle Fire. The debate was between the price of an iPad and the deficiencies of the Fire (when compared to an iPad). Before I was able to decide, however, I received a Fire for winter solstice celebration (aka xmas). [...]

Worst Of 2011

perpetualmemoryloss — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:31:10 PST

And now for the worst of 2011: Worst Novel: Kurt Vonnegut’s Slapstick or Lonesome No More! takes the cake here. I feel like Vonnegut jumped the shark on this one but I did find his introduction to be interesting–much more so than the actual book. Worst Movie: Sucker Punch was godawful. I couldn’t even make it [...]

Best Of 2011

perpetualmemoryloss — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:02:42 PST

This list is a bit late because I have been migrating the site to a newer, cheaper server. Hopefully this new server will be able to handle the crush of 12 people accessing my blog. This list also may includes books, movies, games, etc that didn’t actually come out in 2011. That is because I’m [...]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

perpetualmemoryloss — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:14:45 PST

A few weeks ago I was looking for a new book to read when I happened to see the trailer for the movie Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with Gary Oldman, and I was struck by a number of thoughts: Gary Oldman is badass, that movie looks good, and I want to read the book first. A [...]

Bystanderism

perpetualmemoryloss — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:23:42 PST

This week I have been fairly obsessed with the Penn State story. I even spent some time today reading through the Grand Jury report, which is worth the read–if you can stomach it. I have been floored by the absolutely tone deaf responses from so many people. Students rioting at Penn State to support JoePa? [...]

Barnes & Noble: A Gripe

perpetualmemoryloss — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:46:38 PDT

Here’s example of why places like Barnes & Noble and Borders are going out of business or losing out to Amazon. I ordered two books on the same day. One book from Amazon and the other from B & N because it was a few bucks cheaper. My book from Amazon came two days later, [...]

The Soul Of Baseball

perpetualmemoryloss — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:15:31 PDT

Joe Posnanski is one of the best sports writers around. His book Soul of Baseball recounts the time he spent following Buck O’Neil around the country. Buck wasn’t the best of the old Negro League players, but he was quite good. However, he became baseball royalty for what he did after his playing days were over. [...]