In order, the following are my picks for best fictional book series of all time (that I’ve read):

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter
Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game & its parallel series Ender’s Shadow
C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia
Scott Adams’s The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Frank Herbert’s Dune
C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, etc.)
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation
Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time

If interested, please list your own favorites in the comments — especially if you’ve got favorites I’ve neglected to mention or haven’t read myself.

Categories: Books
Tags: C.S. Lewis, Ender's Game, Frank Herbert, Harry Potter, Isaac Asimov, J.K. Rowling, Lord of the Rings, Orson Scott Card, Robert Jordan, Scott Adams, Tolkien

Oh, sweet nectar of the Gods — peaches are in season and this means delicious peaches fill the shelves of supermarket produce sections everywhere (in places within the northern hemisphere where the current supply and demand make it profitable). So, what shall I do? I shall eat them. Tasty peaches, delicious peaches. I bite in with vigor and the juice glides across my tongue and titillates my senses. Oh yes, … peach euphoria!

Here’s a challenge for you (or at least for Jake): write a haiku about peaches. And euphoria. Yes, this shall be your challenge, and you shall like it! Perhaps not as much as peaches.

Categories: Life
Tags: food, haiku, peaches