* Several Best American Sports Writing anthems including one with the story, 'Resurrecting the Champ,' that got me into journalism.
* Completed journals full of agonizing, unrequited crushes and regretful but romantic past love.
* An old watchbox tin full of poetry and other short thoughts I wrote as a teen and college student.
* Books about murderers such as 'In Cold Blood," and books about heroes such as 'King of the World.'
* A signed copy of Bob Woodward's 'The War Within.'
* 'The Road,' which I bought and read in three days in D.C.
* 'The Namesake,' which made my cry in recognition.
* Dr. Atkins' "NEW Diet Revolution," which got real old real quick.
* My old fraternity handbook.
* A copy of the U.S. Constitution that the then Boulder police chief handed to reporters at a press conference just after the Jon Benet Ramsey murder because he felt everyone deserved due process.
* 'Crazy Love,' 'Chasing Daylight' and 'Searching for God Knows What,' which were discussed in various church small groups.
* 'The Case for Faith,' which was convincing.
* The Bible with a cloth cover my junior high Sunday school teacher sewed.
* Two leather bound Bibles I stole from my dad before he left for good to India.
* 'A Survey of Kerala History' and a 'Kitchens of Kerala' cookbook that I never cracked open.
* Casino chip from the Casino Royale in Las Vegas from freshman year and another from last year's trip aboard the Monarch of the Seas cruise ship.
* 'The Tender Bar,' by the journalist I idolized for years.
* Various entertaining and informative reads such as 'The Kite Runner,' 'Seabiscuit,' 'Unbroken,' 'Maximum City' and 'The God of Small Things.'
* Too much dust.
This Post was by Justin George, cousin to my cousin. He is a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times. You can get to know his pieces here http://www.tampabay.com/writers/justin-george
1 comments:
...two posts back to back pointing out Francis Chan and his book. It's an awesome read.
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