tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003984496714508533.post1875842978796824700..comments2023-08-23T04:14:57.259-04:00Comments on Gone to the Dogs: Movie and Book ReviewsOmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303885955119165822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003984496714508533.post-50352975612593702082010-11-15T12:25:59.753-05:002010-11-15T12:25:59.753-05:00Yes. I had those thoughts when I read his The Art ...Yes. I had those thoughts when I read his The Art of Travel. He is missing...something... or maybe it's because I have made all his observations myself and expect bigger ones than little 'ol me manages.<br /> Still, he confirms one's prejudices, as I've said before, which is comforting. You ask -- was he "hired"? or did he pick this theme himself. Sounds like him; he's done other books like this which I've read with my same criticism.<br /><br /><br />Here is a journalist's report on doing 30 airports in 30 days. <br /><br />http://www.slate.com/id/2273861/entry/2273862/<br /><br />Occasionally funny, but again, why? But then, why not? Everything is up for writing about -- the trick is to make the specific to general leap<br />(which you like to do all the time -- which makes your blog outstanding). :)<br /><br /><br />Alain De Botton, the gentle philosopher...<br /><br />Essays In Love (1993), also published as On Love: A Novel (2006)<br />The Romantic Movement (1994)<br />Kiss and Tell (1995)<br />How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997) <br />The Consolations of Philosophy (2000)<br />The Art of Travel (2002)<br />Status Anxiety (2004)<br />The Architecture of Happiness (2006)<br />The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (2009)<br />A Week at the Airport (2009)Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.com