“The Saints Go Dying” is in the top 2000 books downloaded on the Kindle today …
So close to hitting the mystery best-seller list! http://j.mp/dftHqE
The Saints Go Dying, by Erik Hanberg — out today!
In 2007 I started working on a novel called The Saints Go Dying, and I'm happy to say that I am releasing it today, exclusively as an e-book. The novel is a detective mystery with some really fun cat-and-mouse games between a detective and a killer. Self-publishing it as an e-book is something of a experiment, and I would love it if my readers would consider helping me out! The Plan My plan is that I can get enough people to buy the book today, Monday, April 5. By having a concentrated effort of a lot of people purchasing the book within Read more…
Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine is the kid brother to The Hangover. It very much wants to be like its older sibling, but it just isn't there. I thought The Hangover was incredibly funny, hitting almost all of its jokes. HTTM, on the other hand, has some that flop badly, and some scenes that need a lot more of them. That said, HTTM has what might be one of the funniest running gags in a movie. I could have watched Crispin Glover as the bellhop for the whole of the movie.
The Technium: Twitter Predicts the Future
The Social Computing Lab at HP Labs in Palo Alto, CA found that using only the rate at which movies are mentioned could successfully predict future revenues. But when the sentiment of the tweet was factored in (how favorable it was toward the new movie), the prediction was even more exact. via kk.org As the author asks, if it can do box office grosses, what else can Twitter predict?
The benefits of joining a group …
If the relationship between money and well-being is complicated, the correspondence between personal relationships and happiness is not. The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after work and having dinner with others. The daily activity most injurious to happiness is commuting. According to one study, joining a group that meets even just once a month produces the same happiness gain as doubling your income. According to another, being married produces a psychic gain equivalent to more than $100,000 a year. via nytimes.com So … join City Club and it feels like your income goes up 100%. That’s Read more…
Crichton’s “Travels”
My friend Aaron recommended this book to me years ago, maybe even in junior high school, while I was reading any Michael Crichton I could find (Sphere, Jurassic Park, etc). But I didn't get to it. It sounded boring. Who'd want to read about some guy's vacations? … said the travel-blogger. Mary read it just recently and I finally picked it up. It was pretty interesting. Crichton has some great yarns. His medical school experience, some hair-raising SCUBA diving trips, shooting movies with Sean Connery, and trips into the wilderness. But the book is primarily about his inner-travels, if you Read more…
“The Ghost Writer” at the Grand
I'd definitely recommend "The Ghost Writer" as a mystery/suspense film. It's at the Grand now, and it's pretty great. I'd read the book it was based off going in, and Mary had not. We both agreed it was a good film, and there's no reason to go because you haven't read the book. In fact, it's possibly better than the book. Really well done.