Read the short story Empty Places by Richard Parks.

Started reading: The Stand by Stephen King.

Read the short story Kin by Bruce McAllister.

Finished reading: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I started re-reading this for some reason I now forget. You know what? It’s still good. Read it in 5 days.

Didn’t finish reading: A Brief History of Ireland by Richard Killen. Gave up after 50 pages and 6 days.

Didn’t finish reading The Silent Clowns by Walter Kerr.

A giant coffee table book my wife already owned, I started reading it after watching City Lights and listening to the Unspooled podcast …

Did not finished reading: Building a Character by Contantin Stanislavski. Was leant this book by a friend to prepare for a play. It’s all anecdotes about how Stanislavski learned different techniques while a student. Fascinating. Weird. Useful? A trip. Gave up after 196 days and 152 pages.

Didn’t finish reading: The Actors Guide to Self Marketing by Carla Renata. Gave up after 73 pages and 17 days. Instantly depressing.

Finished reading: Be Cool by Elmore Leonard. It took me 18 days.

While the prose is energetic and engaging, I kept finding myself not giving a shit about what happens next. A lot of boomer fantasies …

Started reading: Learning Javascript Design Patterns by Addy Osmani.

Finished reading: The C Book by Mike Banahan, Declan Brady and Mark Doran, originally published by Addison Wesley. Took me 10 days.

I wanted to get a basic grasp of C, but most of the resources listed …

Started reading: The Actors Guide to Self Marketing by Carla Renata.

Started reading: Be Cool by Elmore Leonard.

Finished reading: Fantasy Land: How America Went Haywire: A 500 Year History by Kurt Anderson. Took me 32 days.

Started reading: The C Book by Mike Banahan, Declan Brady and Mark Doran, originally published by Addison Wesley.

Started reading: It Came From Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office by Dale Beran.

Started reading: Fantasy Land: How America Went Haywire: A 500 Year History by Kurt Anderson.

Started reading: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Started reading: A Brief History of Ireland by Richard Killen.

Started reading The Silent Clowns by Walter Kerr.

Started reading: Building a Character by Contantin Stanislavski.

What I’ve been reading this past week.

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What I’ve been reading this past week.

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This is what I’ve been reading this past week.

• Admissions Scandal Shows Elite Schools’ Self-Importance - The Atlantic
  A think piece from a Yale professor refocusing on what the point of universities are, although the bit at the end about not being ashamed of admitting wealthy donors kids for their money is never going to fly.
• hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorse
  I’m honestly heartened when I see goofy, pointless stuff like this on the web again.
• List: Revolutionary Quotes From Centrist History - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
  McSweeny’s swoops in once more for the win.
• List: If Conservatives Talked About Other Issues the Way They Talk About Climate Change - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
  Nailed it.
• ‘Centurians of Rome’: How a Bank Robber Made the Most Expensive Gay Porno Flick of All Time
  Engrossing long form about a gay, Cuban-American overachiever, and one time anti-gay crusader’s life of crime.

There it is, and here we are. Go forth.

My (short) reading picks this past week. Very technical selections this week, so n00bs beware.

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