: About Me

There are two cats, a dog, a gecko living, and a few thousand compost worms living in my 950 sq. ft. house. In other words, I am the ringmaster of a tiny circus.

My passion is ...

common sense.

I know too much about ...

nothing.

My parents always told me ...

to work hard.

Why I write ...

so that I don't talk to myself.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Documentaries. I highly recommend Who Killed the Electric Car?

My first job ...

was mowing lawns.

Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: White Noise, by Don Delillo

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Don DeLillo's novel White Noise is a scathing critique on contemporary culture that uses the everyday language of buzzwords, special discounts, and limited time offers to create a world of fear, where people's perceptions are completely shaped by blind faith in the media, medicine, consumer products, and technology. Jack Gladney, the main character, completely preoccupies himself with concerns about his wife, job, and family while trying to ignore his greatest fear, the reality of death. Jack knows that death cannot be escaped, and yet by remaining loyal to a culture of institutions he fee...

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