http://wrightales.com because you are never too old for fairy tales Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:25:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been reading two books this past week (okay, so I have been reading six books, but who's counting?)  One is Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich (Macmillan) which is due out in October and the other is Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer (MJFBooks.) Both books examine our ... http://wrightales.com/?p=113 I have always believed that stories, specifically fiction, were important to human development, but have never been able to adequately explain why.  Now Brian Boyd has written a book, On the Origin of Story: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction (Harvard University Press,) that puts forward a scholarly, scientific examination of the ... http://wrightales.com/?p=70 My top ten (or so) overlooked and under-rated movies in no particular order: My First Mister Return of the Secaucus Seven Off the Map Box of Moonlight Pieces of April The Big Night Lars & the Real Girl Mostly Martha Once Young At Heart Bottleshock http://wrightales.com/?p=66 There is a joke that you hear if you are around people trying to make a living at what they love. One potter/poet/musician/magician/fiber artist/farmer asks another, "What would you do if you won a million dollars?" The second artist thinks for a minute before saying, "I think I would keep doing ... http://wrightales.com/?p=63