BobHarris.com - More on the coming changes

Books! Actual books!

"A rollicking ride of intellectual discovery and emotional growth... his comic timing never fails"

-- The Wall Street Journal

"Pulls you in like a good sports story"

-- The New York Times Book Review

"Endearingly frank... jubilant... lighthearted and fast-paced"

-- New York Newsday

"A surprisingly touching memoir"

-- Entertainment Weekly

"Snappy and informative"

-- Associated Press

"Effortlessly funny and informative... tender, human, and very wise... A must for anyone who loves Jeopardy!, or has ever seen it, or is breathing."

-- Joss Whedon, creator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"I haven't seen Jeopardy! since I was a kid, and yet I was charmed and amused by Bob Harris's fascinating and surprisingly suspenseful book. Through sheer force of personality, he takes this brainy TV show and makes it funny and easy to relate to."

-- Ira Glass, creator and host, This American Life

"A surprisingly intimate, entertaining book."

-- Orson Scott Card, 4-time Hugo Award winner, author of Ender's Game

"Funny, enlightening -- and just might help you win a million bucks on Jeopardy!"

-- A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All

"A masterful job of describing the feel of Jeopardy! in the heat of battle... I knew Bob was a great guy and a fantastic Jeopardy! player. Now I've found that he's also a wonderful writer. I think I'm starting to hate him."

-- Brad Rutter, top money-winner in Jeopardy! history

Books I'm Getting

Who Hates Whom:
Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts,
and Various Things Blowing Up —
A Woefully Incomplete Guide™

“Revelatory... Harris's sly wit and infectious curiosity make understanding world chaos fascinating... witty, horrific, and necessary.”

— Boston Globe

"Brave... irreverent... charges into the thick of the globe's myriad simmering wars... hilariously relaxed."

— New York Observer

"Only Bob could make a user’s guide to our increasingly hostile world this absorbing, this breezy, and—ultimately—this hopeful.”

— Ken Jennings, author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs

“Fascinating, enlightening, and surprisingly: NOT TOTALLY DEPRESSING. A gimlet-eyed look at the world we endure that’s also suitable for enjoying with a gimlet.”

— John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise
and correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

"All three [presidential] candidates should read all three of these [recommended] books, but McCain gets first crack at Bob Harris's "Who Hates Whom“... a lighthearted overview of the insurrections and civil wars in the world today."

— Steven Pinker, author of The Stuff of Thought, in the New York Times Book Review

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More on the coming changes

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Monday, 20 September 2004

(Note: the following post is obviously referring to the move <i>to</i> the site you're looking at right now. So you're in the right place. Nothing to see here. Move along and enjoy your day.)

As you've read, Tom will soon make a few changes to the site, one of which will be to alter this blog's level of activity. As I've said before, I've been honored and pleased to contribute. I was a major fan of TMW for years, long before I got to know Tom as a friend. So posting here has been cool as heck, I've enjoyed it immensely, and I continue to thank all concerned.

Truth is, however, I was orignally only going to pitch in here for a short while and then get off my kiester, redo <a href="http://www.bobharris.com">my cobwebby old site</a> (which I've barely touched in almost four years, despite constant plans, half-starts, and good intentions), and start my own blog.

That short while has now stretched into a year and a half, as you've seen. But over the next few weeks I'll get on the task of rebuilding the old place, with the generous help of my coffee-drinking buddy <a href="http://www.coffeecrew.com">Colin</a>. My new site probably won't be all finished and shiny anytime soon, but I should get a front-page blog up and running before long.

Just letting you know the plan for know. You'll see a heads-up here when the time comes.