Archive for March, 2010

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March 18, 2010

American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot

by Craig Ferguson, an autobiography

I thoroughly enjoyed this book in unabridged audio format, spoken by Mr. Ferguson himself. It certainly added to the charm (reading the book for a bit at the bookstore was interesting, but it can't hold a candle to the audio).

This is worth the read, and definitely truly worth the listen. 


March 18, 2010

Alice in Wonderland

Let's face it, I am a big fan of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I can still recite Jabberwocky from memory (and sometimes I sing it the way the Disney animated movie's Cheshire Cat sang it). So I was nothing if not stoked to see how this was going to pan out.

Tim Burton's take on a sort of sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice stories doesn't feel like it goes far enough in one direction (the sheer lunacy of Wonderland, or in this case, Underland) and goes for a kind of cop-out in another direction by making it basic fairy tale with a fairy tale ending.

It's not bad, per se, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. So I regret to say, it wasn't a very frabjous day for me. 


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