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| Mark August 22, 2006 06:38 AM PDT  "How to Build a Boat Using Common Items Found on a Desert Island" Cut down the coconut tree, hollow out, use frond for paddle. lemme know when the publisher calls.... | ||
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| Cheezy August 22, 2006 07:58 AM PDT How are you finding that Hitchcock book? I thought it was fascinating stuff. | ||
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| Paula August 22, 2006 10:45 AM PDT Coolio. I did it, too. Mike Royko was such a crack-up. I remember reading his column every day at lunch back in Chi-town. | ||
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| Miss Cellania August 22, 2006 11:53 AM PDT I would have to put multiple answers for these questions, which makes this just a little too time-consuming for me to deal with right now. You've selected some fine books! | ||
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| Joe the Troll August 22, 2006 05:24 PM PDT  Cheezy- I just started perusing it. It's one of my twoo textbooks for my Hitchcock/Kubrick class. Paula- Royko is favorite read. When he was in the Trib, I always skipped the headlines and went right to page two so I could read him first. | ||
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| O\'Tim August 22, 2006 11:01 PM PDT Joe, I find your choice of Asimov for #1 quite interesting. You must be a hardcore idealist like me. LOVED Royko's column, and with your post I've a mind to go back and read "Sez Who?.." I remember Royko's love of 16-inch softball (a traditionally Chicago version played without gloves), and bumping into him at a King & His Court game at Thillens Stadium on the nort side (I sez nort cuz dat's where I'm frahm). | ||
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| Joe the Troll August 23, 2006 06:52 AM PDT That must have been cool. I'd have loved to have hung out with him at the Billy Goat (but then, what troll wouldn't?) | ||
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| Stef August 23, 2006 11:35 AM PDT I'd not come across Mike Royko until now but he sounds like a good man. Anyone who refuses to work for Rupert Murdoch on principle has got to be good in my book. | ||
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| O' Tim August 23, 2006 01:02 PM PDT What self-flagellating Cubs fan wouldn't want to have hung with Royko at the Billy Goat? Oh, goats. I get it - haha! | ||
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| Dawn (webmiztrs) August 23, 2006 01:39 PM PDT love your answer for #3! | ||
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| Jeff K August 23, 2006 04:34 PM PDT When I was a student at Michigan State, they carried Royko's column in our school newspaper. First thing I read, always. Loved I, Robot, too. As well as the Foundation series. I was big into Asimov when I was much younger. If you're not familiar with them, Taschen (taschen.com) puts out some fantastic books about film. I have their Movies of the 50s, 60s and 70s books. They're fascinating. | ||
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| Joe the Troll August 23, 2006 06:30 PM PDT Stef- Royko was great. His work is an ideal I try to keep in mind when I'm writing my longer esays for the blog. | ||
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| Joe the Troll August 23, 2006 06:33 PM PDT Jeff- I've read almost ALL of Asimov's fiction. I have a few more books I'm holding off on, so I can savor them. I doubt I'll have much time for recreational reading during the semester, but at least the books on Hitchcock and Kubrik will be FUN required reading....... | ||
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