Don’t read if you’re not caught up.
Some four seasons ago, a young(er) James Ford sat on the beach of a shipwrecked island, passing the time by reading an unpublished manuscript he had found among the strewn about luggage.
The manuscript, Bad Twin, was written by fellow Oceanic passenger Gary Troup. You may recognize Troup as [...]
The above photo comes from the cover of Freakonomics, a bestselling book that I very much enjoyed (although I’m not an economics major or anything, and I hear criticisms. Anyone care to share?).
I get the feeling that other books are trying to ride Freakonomicseses ‘ coattails by subtly making every single book that comes [...]
Since 1985, the American Library Association have been trying to get celebrities to do what parents and the school system can’t: get kids to read.
Starting with the first lineup of Bette Midler(?), Bill Cosby, Sting, and… uh… Mikhail Baryshnikov, the ALA has been pumping out a poster series showcasing stars holding a book of [...]
Batman. The Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader. The World’s Greatest Detective.
Whatever you know him as, Batman has shaped your life more than you will ever know.
This is a man of dedication. A man of passion. A man of pursuit. But first and foremost, he is a man of doing shit like this:
Ahhhh. As [...]
So last night I caught an advance screening of “Fantastic Mr. Fox“.
I waltzed up to the movieplex and was all like “Hi, I’m press.”
And they were like, “Oh, really? Who do you work for?”
Then I said: “I am the founder and writer of the beloved pop culture website Popfessor.com. Please, get out of my [...]
