Summary:
I finally wised up, left Florida and went back to my old gig. It was a big transition year, and I finally decided that I was going to do the IT thing and give up on academia. I had a lot of insights into the college gig thing and was incredibly disappointed.
Reading List 2002
- The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Cook’s Tour - Anthony Bourdain
- The Nudist on the Late Shift - Po Bronson
- Vision Quest - Terry Davis
- Fletch - Gregory McDonald
- The Deep Blue Goodbye - John D. McDonald
- Grand Opening - Jon Hassler
- Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
- Fight Club - Chuck Pahlanuick
- Ball Four - Jim Bouton
- Choke - Chuck Pahlanuick
- Mohawk - Richard Russo
- The Whore’s Child - Richard Russo
- Nightmare in Pink - John D. McDonald
- Hollywood Nocturnes - James Ellroy
- October Sky - Homer H. Hickman Jr.
- Native Tongue - Carl Hiaasen
- Roadkill - Kinky Friedman
- Pastoralia - George Saunders
- Skin Tight - Carl Hiassen
- Lullabye - Chuck Pahalnuk
- Porno - Irvine Welsch
- Wise Guy - Nicholas Pileggi
- Demonology - Rick Moody
- My Dark Places - James Ellroy
- L.A. Confidential - James Ellroy
- How to Ruin Your Life - Ben Stein