This page is a quick list collection of what I’ve read this year. Books are listed in order of completion, not a ranking. 10. I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive, by Steve Earle Doc Ebersole lives with the … Continue reading Reading Log: 2023
I first read Under The Bar about a decade or so ago. Maybe longer. I’ve had the pleasure of running into Dave on the powerlifting circuit a few times and have always been a fan. Under The Bar, released in 2005, is a short collection of “Twelve Lessons of Life From The World of Powerlifting”. I decided it was time to circle back around to it. Under The Bar is not over complicated. It is not groundbreaking research. What it is, is a nice refresher on the basics of life, as applied through the metaphor of powerlifting. Dave takes 12 … Continue reading Book Nook: Under The Bar, by Dave Tate
Covers gallery for the comics I’ve read this year. Continue reading Comics Log 2023
A while back, I stumbled across a social media post making a claim of the books most often cited that were never actually read by those citing them. George Orwell’s 1984 was at the top of the subjective list. I admittedly had not read 1984, so I figured it was as good a time as ever to remedy that. Written in the late 40s, 1984 is Orwell’s take on totalitarianism and where it would lead. Written in the infancy of the modern totalitarian (Hitler, Lenin, etc), it is a more fleshed-out extension of Animal Farm. Or, it is one long … Continue reading Book Nook: 1984, by George Orwell
Sometime a couple of years ago, my dad stumbled across a collector’s edition reprint of the first Sports Illustrated issue ever published. The famous one with Eddie Mathews on the cover. He called and asked me I was interested. It … Continue reading Book Nook: Sports Illustrated No. 1, Aug. 16, 1954
I never actually watched No Reservation. I’m probably about as snobby as it gets and having not seen that show. So, I have only been tangentially aware of the aura of Anthony Bourdain. But after grabbing John Currence’s book over the summer, and knowing their friendship, I decided to correct a long overdue miss in my reading repertoire–the book that put Bourdain on the map: Kitchen Confidential. Kitchen Confidential is now 22 years old, and after Bourdain’s suicide a few years back, this was a posthumous introduction for me. I did the audiobook, read by the author. I love listening … Continue reading Book Nook: Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain
I am an unabashed Steve Earle fan. One of the first things I do just about every Sunday morning is fire up my Sirius XM app and listen to the replay of Earle’s Hardcore Troubadour show, an hour of him telling stories and playing songs. See, Steve Earle is a really, really good song writer. And yet he is an even better story teller and self-made music historian. The Moment in 1965… is built around a premise Earle has, that I have heard from him before, that Bob Dylan wanted to be John Lennon, and John Lennon wanted to be … Continue reading Book Nook: The Moment In 1965 When Rock and Roll Becomes Art, by Steve Earle
As I have written about previously, we went to Oxford, MS, this summer for a wedding. As one must do while in Oxford, we ate at City Grocery and hit Square Books. They are staples that any first timer must do. Listen, I didn’t make the rules. Well, on prominent display at Square Books, as it should be, was this book by John Currence, the owner of City Grocery and and a few other eateries around the SEC town. The full title is Pickles, Pigs and Whiskey: Recipes From My Three Favorite Food Groups. Same, John, Same. I’m always up … Continue reading Book Nook: Pickles, Pigs and Whiskey, by John Currence
For as long as I can remember, I have been the biggest Rickey Henderson fan I know. Albeit, I live in rural southern Illinois, so there has not been a lot of competition. Now, that is not a claim to be the biggest Rickey fan there is. Apparently that title might belong to Kent Corser in Kansas City. We follow each other on the socials now. But, I still reign as the biggest fan I personally know. See, I was 11 when Rickey came back home to Oakland. From 10-12 years old, the A’s were in the World Series. When … Continue reading Book Nook: Rickey, by Howard Bryant
This will be a quick review because this one was not really worth my time. I don’t like being dismissive of a professional’s work, but in a sea of books i have not gotten to, this one was not one I should have stuck with. In fact, I would not have if it were not so short. I don’t even know how it found its way into my library. Sarah and I neither one remember adding it. That being said, there were tidbits about struggling with addictions that most people don’t think of as addictions that I need to spend … Continue reading Book Nook: Unf#ck Your Brain, by Faith Harper
I Am Weez 