The random thoughts of a genius...er...gene nash.
Gene Nash's Articles In Books
March 22, 2005 by Gene Nash
As research for an upcoming article, I'm reading Leonard Wolf's The Annotated Dracula. It's a facsimile of the first edition of BramStoker's classic novel with copious sidebar notations. (Highlyrecommended, by the way.) I like to read the notes for the upcoming chapter, then go backand read the novel's text. I realized while doing so that this simulates having knowledge I lack. During everyday reading,when we come upon a reference or allusion, our brains fill in theknowledge, thereby adding...
December 12, 2005 by Gene Nash
"Larry the Cable Guy" has written his first book, titled after his popular catchphrase, Git-R-Done! It's so dirty I can't review it -- not properly, anyway. I never realized how perverse Larry is. I've seen the Blue Collar Comedy Tour movie and watched his Tonight Show appearances. Either he cleans it up a whole lot for the visual media or I just wasn't paying that much attention. The book started well enough. I was laughing all over the place, so much so that I called my mother to ...