Gene Wilder is Willy Wonka

I started Catcher in the Rye, but was unable to get into it again. I brought it to my parents house with me, but my mom has so many books that I was distracted by them. the first night I stayed there, I had trouble sleeping, so i picked up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and read it all the way through. I can't help but think of Gene Wilder when I read it. I don't anticipate having that problem with Johnny Depp. I love Johnny Depp, and even the movies I've seen him in that I didn't like ("Pirates of the Carribean," "Sleepy Hollow," "From Hell"), I still thought he was good. But his casting as Willy Wonka is just ridiculous. I'll see the movie, but I don't have very high hopes.

I've been wanting to read more Stephen King lately, but I've also been enjoying realistic fiction. Fortunately, I bought my brother the book Different Seasons, which has the short story that "The Shawshank Redemption" is based on. I read that story the second night, and on the third, I started "Apt Pupil." I love Stephen King. Even his so called non-horror stories powerfully illustrate the battle between good and evil, or as King expresses it, order and chaos.

I'm still reading through NT Wright's lectures on the New Problem of Evil. I'd encourage you to check them out over at the NT Wright Page.