what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “If you ever have a free moment, you might consider checking out the travel brochures for the town in which you live. You might be amazed. You might not want to live there any more.” Tyler is obsessed with hair care products and is hoping to get a great job and make lots of […]
{4.5/5} “Chimps aren’t humans. You have to… understand chimps to be able to understand how to work with them and be with them.” In 1973 Herbert Terrace, a professor at Columbia University, decided to do an experiment to see how much sign language could be taught to a chimpanzee. Nim was given as a baby to […]
{4.5/5} “There are things you can get away with in this world and there are things you can’t.” Ellis and Neckbone are young boys who live near the Mississippi River — they like to take their boat out to an uninhabited island. The island has a unique feature — a boat in a tree. One […]
{4.5/5} “She’s not disturbed, she’s interesting. And she’s my best friend.” In 1962 in Britain everyone is worried about a nuclear war. Ginger and Rosa are best friends who do everything together, having fun and trying new things. They’re the type of friends who often laugh when they look at each other. At the same […]
{4.5/5} “I want you to consider your futures. I would like to name you, to baptize you as it were, as a trio of Adepts. In the long run I would like to assign you behind-the-scenes ministerial duties in different parts of the country. I am empowered to do this, remember, by those whose boot […]
{4.5/5} “You’re the future of the Democratic Party, and you always will be.” Governor Hathaway attempted to rescue a woman whose car plunged into a lake, but he was unsuccessful. Riding a wave of popularity, he thought the president would nominate him for vice president. The president instead nominated Governor Hanson, a woman. But there […]
{4.5/5} “I think the name ‘ping pong’ trivializes the sport.” Craig has been feeling depressed and he gets himself checked into a hospital because he’s worried he might commit suicide. He gets put in the wing for adults because the wing for teens is under construction. Once he looks around he’s not sure he wants […]
{4.5/5} “Elevation of heart rated detected. Would you like a pill?” In the 22nd century the poor live on crowded Earth and the rich live on beautiful Elysium, orbiting the Earth. Max used to steal cars but now he has a job at a factory. One day he accidentally gets a lethal dose of radiation. […]
{4.5/5} “Baseball was proof positive that democracy was real. A baseball box score after all, is a democratic thing. It doesn’t say how big you are, or what religion you follow. It does not know how you voted, or the colour of your skin, it simply states what kind of ballplayer you were on any […]
{3.5/5} “Some things in this world are better left where they lie. But if you know where to look, these ruins are full of riches.” There’s been an apocalypse, and all the humans are dead. 9 is a doll-like creature, somehow given life by a scientist. He finds a small group of creatures like himself, […]