Comments on: Recommended Reading: A Fighter’s Heart by Sam Sheridan

By: Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:44:38 +0000

Jay, LOL. If I don’t have time to read a book, where will I get time to write one? But I actually have about four books I started writing over the years. Haven’t gotten around to finishing them.

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By: mike wolfe

mike wolfe — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:26:28 +0000

Red Hook and W.E.B. Griffin.

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By: Mr. Takedown

Mr. Takedown — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:29:57 +0000

WAR this thread. I’m rolling over here.

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By: jaydog

jaydog — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:11:54 +0000

Sam. If you don’t like books, then write one that you would like and maybe other book-dislikers would like it. Oh, and, make the book about the psychology of MMA fans; the rise of the UFC, MMA’s renaissance period, etc. You’re welcome to include the statement, “Fighters in a cage are better than words on a page.” Just don’t attribute it to me.

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By: Captain

Captain — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:44:06 +0000

Eh… to each their own. There was a time when I thought Guinness was the shit and and a time when I thought Delirium Tremens was the shit and so and so on. What you fancy changes over time. Now, I still love me a Guinness or a DT every now and then but would rather have a Paulaner lager or a Stella most any day of the week. Though I’ve taken a real liking to Rogue Dead Guy Ale lately and it may be taking over. Point is, drinkwutchyalike, and doowutchyalike.

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By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:57:24 +0000

This thread has turned out nice…hah. Good stuff!

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By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:50:58 +0000

“However, a few rare beers, such as Guinness, are just as intricate and diverse as wine and are also embodied by a soul that wine lacks.”

Guinness, at it’s best, is a tier two beer. It doesn’t hold a candle to Delerium Tremens or Golden Drach. Until you’ve had beer brewed by Belgium monks on consecrated ground, you haven’t had beer. Bet me.

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By: Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:49:10 +0000

Most beer is intricate and diverse as urine. However, a few rare beers, such as Guinness, are just as intricate and diverse as wine and are also embodied by a soul that wine lacks.

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By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:43:33 +0000

I have never compared the two. I just know I like a nice quality beer. Wine is good but beer is gooder.

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By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:39:24 +0000

“Amazing! Your definition for wine matches my definition for Guinness word-for-word!”

Sam – tell me you’re not one of those beer enthusiasts who believes beer can be as diverse and intricate as wine? WE’LL HAVE TO FIGHT TO SETTLE IT!!!!

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By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:27:13 +0000

“Nothing beats Sam Adams.”

If Sam fights again, that should be his nickname:

SAM “ADAMS” CAPLAN

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By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:26:40 +0000

“Alcohol sucks all together if you ask me.”

We are definitely not.

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By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:19:36 +0000

Nothing beats Sam Adams.

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By: dizzle

dizzle — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:19:11 +0000

Alcohol sucks all together if you ask me.

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By: Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:10:00 +0000

I think wine sucks too.

“You don’t like the most complex, rich and intricately intertwined food item known to mankind? Because that’s what wine is.”

Amazing! Your definition for wine matches my definition for Guinness word-for-word!

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By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:29:05 +0000

Sam, if you don’t like books, then you don’t like books. I know you’re smart, so that doesn’t change my opinion. I just think it’s a curious statement.

My family is in the wine business, so it’s one of my passions. Yet, I often here people say, “I don’t like wine.” Really, you don’t like wine? You don’t like the most complex, rich and intricately intertwined food item known to mankind? Because that’s what wine is. It has no parallel in terms of richness and complexity. Now, does that mean you have to like wine? Certainly not. But a blanket statement like “I don’t like wine” smacks of a poorly developed palette and unadventurous spirit. It’s like saying, “I don’t like Shakespeare.” I think it’s more prudent to say “Wine is not my favorite, but I occasionally drink it.” That’s a reasonable statement of someone who has had some exposure and hasn’t really found a wine that pleases them up to this point. But to dismiss it wholesale is a huge red flag.

Now, if you’re busy and read your ass off, I feel you there. It’s been a while since I picked up a book myself, although I’m (slowly) reading Cobra II now. I also agree most books these days are boring and poorly written. But the book format also has no parallel. The online or even magazine print format does not allow for the sort of depth of exploration that is available in book format. The book has no equal in terms of developing and exploring ideas while synthesizing them into a coherent whole. That partly explains why the publishing industry is growing all while the Internet media content is expanding.

But hey, you’re right: to each his own. Hater

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By: Captain

Captain — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:26:32 +0000

Just kidding!

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By: Captain

Captain — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:24:05 +0000

I like books. Only losers don’t like books.

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By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:36:37 +0000

Chuck Palahniuk

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By: Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:21:24 +0000

Steve, I saw Requiem for a Dream. Great movie! Movies > books.

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