Month: June 2008

Review: The Alchemist

The Alchemist
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
ISBN: 0061122416
The book is available on Amazon
The Alchemist is a quaint tale about a peaceful shepherd named Santiago. He travels from his quiet existence in the hills of Spain to begin what will ultimately become the spiritual journey of his life. Unfortunately for the reader, Coelho tries far too hard to impart these spiritual tidbits during this adventure. It’s not that the book is actually all that spiritual; it’s more that Coelho attempts force that on the story. If you haven’t gathered yet, I feel that he fails miserably at this unnecessary task. To be brief, if this book hadn’t been a very quick read (1 afternoon) I would have put it down and retired it to the bookshelf unfinished. It’s a moderately interesting story, but Coelho stumbles in his attempt to impress the reader with his spiritual ramblings.
[xrr rating=2.5/5]

Twitter Posts for 2008-06-01

  • @StarrGazr See?! Things have a tendency to work out 😉 #
  • @waynesutton Remember the Milk? on Air? That sounds too good to be true #
  • “Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?” 😛 #
  • @andrewbadera Good morning 🙂 #
  • plan for the day: coffee, cleaning, going to see Indiana Jones this afternoon perhaps… #
  • how big is your pile of unmatched socks? I think my pile just reached 20 socks. #
  • @leolaporte Plurk feels like the MySpace-like Twitter clone. It feels very teenager-ish, where as Twitter feels a bit more mature. #
  • um, my website just fell off the face of the earth this morning…how, uh, odd. Trying to track down my webhost… #
  • I think the mission was a success: I gave away at least 40% of the clothing in my closet. #
  • Does anyone else find the organizing tool in Flickr to be more complicated/difficult to use than it needs to be? #
  • Manny and Lowell go back to back with homeruns 🙂 #
  • @EvilChick Yes, I did get rid of a fair amount of my old socks. I’m sure it included some of the lost sock counterparts. Oh well 😛 #
  • http://is.gd/p8v I’m particularly proud of this image I took this afternoon. Called “warmth” #
  • Retweeting @patphelan: Very cool, “The evolution of the mobile phone” http://tinyurl.com/5hsk6o #
  • @ijustine I thought it was horrendous. Even Diane Lane couldn’t save that movie from sucking. #