Category: writing / books

  • Book Review: 30 Minute Get Real Meals, by Rachael Ray

    When I moved out, I took all the cookbooks that V didn’t want. One of them was Rachael Ray’s “30 Minute Get Real Meals”. Running out of frozen TV dinners, I thumbed through it looking for something to cook. Here is the cover of the book: You can see from the fake uncomfortable smile that…

  • One Hundred Original Ideas for Horror Movies (#37-41)

    37. Shell Game: The magical abilities of turtles are finally revealed to the world. The source of the genie myth, rubbing a turtle’s shell grants the rubber 3 wishes. With no limit on the power of the wishes or the number of turtles that can be rubbed, governments put restrictions on turtle breeding, underground turtle…

  • Book Review: Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert

    As anyone who has studied any psychology knows, humans have one of the most advanced brains out of all the animals on this planet, but they’re far from perfect. There are a lot of situations in which our brains make minor mistakes, and some situations in which they outright betray us. Stumbling on Happiness is…