Feynman by Ottaviani and Myrick

If you took the nonfiction collections of essays Feynman, wrote, and made a graphic novel out  of it, you get this book.

Two things though: There’s more of a narrative structure here, and there is less about drumming. I’m not sure if that hurts or helps the book,  but that we me coming in as a fan.

http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Jim-Ottaviani/dp/1596438274/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413326662&sr=1-1&keywords=Feynman+by+Ottaviani+and+Myrick

Sometimes people give you cool free stuff

The best part about reviewing is that sometimes people give you free stuff so you talk about the stuff they gave you in reviews.

I was given this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INRRKBO/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0

And wrote this:

If I remember correctly, the spice grinder I had back in college was about the size of a quarter on top, and it only had one chamber so that you had to dig your spice out of the wells between the blades with your fingers.  That was a while ago, but I know my college spice grinder store had nothing like this.

When I pulled it out of the box, it felt heavy and substantial. It was also bigger than I thought it would be -- like the size of a silver dollar across, and deeper too. I wouldn't carry this around, it is more of an at-home spice grinder.  You can grind several recipes worth of spices in one go with this thing. The grinder lid spins but stays shut with a quality magnet and the spice falls through the holes to a second chamber which has a fine mesh floor. There is a third chamber below the mesh that is accessible I suppose to collect the fine dust from your spice. There is also a tiny spatula included to help scrape the spice if it sticks to the blades or leaves any sap or resin behind. Overall, I'm pretty impressed with this product, and I don't even smoke weed.

A complimentary product was offered to me for review.

Spinning: "Sick of It All: Last Act of Defiance"

As a long-time fan it is nice to hear band you like come out guns blazing.
I had it in my hand after having it delivered to work, and a coworker asked what it was. I said they were some of the godfathers of New York Hardcore. I then had to shorthand what THAT was for her --

and I said "Not as much melody: Drums and Bass and Anger".

They bring it here, after all these years. I will keep this in my CD player (yes, yes, even punks get old and don't adopt to new technology) for a while. At least until the new Rancid comes out...