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Few things in this world are more culturally unpopular than abstaining from alcohol. Just about everywhere on earth people are conditioned to associate alcoholic beverages with fun, and even to believe it’s impossible to have fun without alcohol. And this…
The Shallows, What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr, originally published in 2010, with an updated afterword (2020). “Of all the sacrifices we make when we devote ourselves to the Internet as our universal medium, the…
When you think about “unpopular culture” in the context of this blog, you probably think about “high culture.” Maybe so, but today we’re going low. Bruce Campbell explains what his autobiography is all about on the back cover: “… Bookstores…
After writing my short review of an 18-year-old ER episode I couldn’t forget, I started thinking about books I’ve read over the years that similarly stuck in my mind. I came up with 33 of them. This is by no…
In the Arena, An Autobiography, by Charlton Heston, is not my normal read. It sparked my interest because three of Heston’s films, The Ten Commandments, The Omega Man, and Soylent Green, are among my favorites and I was curious about…