Video Games are Real

Author: Caleb J. Ross

Hang a book on your wall! $50 giftcard giveaway to Postertext.com [video]

It’s my birthday! So, I’m giving something away. The owner of Postertext.com asked if I wanted to give away a $50 giftcard to one of my subscribers. I said yes. Thus, this video. (more…)

August 22, 2014
TBR + TBD: To Be Read + To Be Drunk | August 2014 [video]

It’s a new month and a (mostly) new list of things to read and things to drink. I say “mostly” new because once again I failed to read White Noise by Don DeLillo. But I have good reason. That reason: a read along with Rincey (http://www.youtube.com/rinceyreads) featuring Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. I’m committing to just one book this month, because I always seem to let myself down anyway. Set the bar low, is my new mantra. (more…)

August 22, 2014
We Play SupposiStories and ask “How did that get in there?” [video]

Emergency room doctors probably see a lot of strange things in peoples’ butts. Even stranger, they probably have to endure a lot of strange excuses for how said things got inside said butts. (more…)

August 6, 2014
Book Vs. Beer – Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout vs Shakespeare, Playwright [video]

I present the first of what I hope to be a long-running series: Book vs. Beer. The premise is simple. We (me and Gordon Highland) find beers that have literary origins. Then we talk about the beer as well as the source material. (more…)

August 2, 2014
We Play: Famous Drunk Authors Driving Drunk…Again [video]

We get #Faulknered with this, the second edition of We Play: Famous Drunk Authors Driving Drunk. (more…)

July 23, 2014
BOOK TAG – 10 Influential Books [video]

I was tagged by MartheBozart to do this 10 Influential Books tag. The basic idea is that I choose 10 books that have been influential to me in some way. I decided to group my 10 selections into books that influenced me as 1) a reader, 2) a writer, and 3) a…well, this tier is miscellaneous.

July 20, 2014
Finally finishing a Donna Tartt novel: A video book review of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt [video]

A video book review of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt – The Goldfinch is a big book, both in physical size and ambition. What initially seems like a straightforward story of a teenage boy dealing with the death of his mother turns into an epic coming of age story that teases the us, the reader, with where our emotional investment should reside.

What am I drinking: Merry Maker Gingerbread Stout from Sam Adams

July 13, 2014