I am not the first person to talk about this book, and I know damned well that I won’t be the last. That aside, I have little choice but to talk about The Last Lec­ture. I meant to talk about the orig­i­nal online ver­sion when I first saw it the day Randy Pausch died. I know it’s some­what of a morbid coin­ci­dence, but it’s true and I can’t tell you how heart-​broken I was when I found out this tidbit of information.

When I saw the actual lec­ture, I was at work. Though I told myself I would let it play in the back­ground as I worked, that idea was quickly thrown out and I watched the 76 minute video with­out pause. Actu­ally there was one pause when I went to the wash­room. You get the idea.

When I found out he had a book, the only reason I didn’t buy it was because my girl­friend wanted it. So I got it for her and bor­rowed it when she was finished.

I really do sug­gest that every­one pur­chase and play the hell out of the new Sam & Max series. Both sea­sons are fabiola.

That’s right, I said fabiola.

The more I try and read what others are saying on the world wide inter­web, the more I real­ize that there are a lot of people out there who are a hell of a lot smarter then myself. Jarkko Laine is one of those people. While look­ing around his site, I found what is deemed a “pop­u­lar arti­cle“. The title alone got me to read it (Never Work Over­time Again) and after read­ing it I can hon­estly say that he nailed it per­fectly. Noth­ing could be done to improve the state­ments made therein.

How to describe Dou­glas Coupland’s new novel “The Gum Thief?” I’m strug­gling for words here because I’m fairly sure I’d need too many, and prob­a­bly have to create a few just for the effect to truly sink in. I think I’ll go with ‘depressing and beautiful.’ It’s sad and its mag­i­cal. It’s bleak and its stun­ning, It’s a fire-y car crash between two mas­sive trucks car­ry­ing noth­ing but bright, floaty balloons.

This is amaz­ing

I encour­age every­one to watch this. Seri­ously, I cannot find fault in the argu­ment. Maybe that makes me an idiot, but it all sounds… well… sound to me.

Just give it a listen.