13 Apr 2008 Shantaram and travel plans (books, singapore to istanbul)

It took a few weeks, but I finally got through Gregory David Roberts’ 944-page potboiler Shantaram. It’s the quasi-autobiographical story of an Australian armed robber and anarchist who escapes from prison and flees to Bombay, where he leads an action-filled life as a slum medic, petty criminal, junkie, counterfeiter, gangster, and soldier, with long […]

20 Oct 2007 random nuggets of Eric (books, internet, me, movies, music, review, singapore to istanbul)

So, for the past few weeks, I’ve been devoting my hours to work at Worio, a Yaletown start-up I’ve been associated with essentially from its inception (though other people have done much more work than me). I enjoy the work, and it’s a nice break from grad school. Not only is the pay […]

02 May 2007 Yann Martel vs Stephen Harper (books, canada, politics)

Yann Martel has attempted to join in the prestigious circle of successful novelists to publicly crawl up their own asses.

23 Apr 2007 so it goes (books)

I started reading Vonnegut in high school.

17 Apr 2007 The Terror (books, review, unfiled)

Has a ship ever been as suitably named as the HMS Terror? A guMy most recent bout of insomnia has allowed me to finally finish off Dan Simmons’ 784-page novel, The Terror.

31 Jul 2006 never one to turn down a chance to express an opinion (books, haikufactory, movies, music, review)

My me-time this past weekend wasn’t a total waste for the rest of humanity. I made a lot of changes to the site, and worked on the redesign.