Thursday, September 16, 2004

Jumping The Shark I had high hopes for The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. But, by 30 pages in, I realized the book had "jumped the shark." Let's look at it. A Harvard trained lawyer, one of the country's best known trial attorneys, throws in the towel, sells all his worldly goods and treks off to India on a spiritual odyssey, only to return as a wise prophet from the Himalayas. Yeah, I can identify with that. Me, my visions are more down to earth, like Laura Palmer's psychiatrist in Twin Peaks. One of the country's best trial attorneys throws in the towel, sells all his worldly goods and treks off to Hawaii on a spiritual odyssey, only to stay there and operate a successful macadamia nut farm. File under The Legal Profession. 11:15:39 PM