Happy Birthday Chuck Palahniuk!

Happy birthday Chuck Palahniuk (February 21, 1962)! Which is your favorite of his books?

Be sure to check out the my posts surrounding his book, Fight Club.

A Fighter's Hustle: Soap Making

Who can turn soap making into a cool job for a dude? Chuck Palahniuk, that's who. The soap hustle was completely unexpected and added a strange twist to the story. It made me curious about soap making.

I found a soap making tutorial using lye on www.YouTube.com. I wasn't able to get the Geocities site referenced at the end of her video to come up. However, I was able to find most of the necessary info on her site, http://www.californiasoapcompany.com/. Check it out for more details.

"Making Soap in a Crockpot" posted by dyavas1

Fight Club on Glass Slippers

There were some CRAZY comments in Fight Club: A Novel. I kept thinking, "How does Palahniuk come up with this stuff?" One that really tripped me out:

“You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away. The condom, I mean. Not the stranger.”- Marla Singer

What would Cinderella think about that? 

What comment in Fight Club really stood out to you?


P.S.

Check out @IAmJacksBot on Twitter. He tweets quotes from Fight Club.

Fight Club: A Novel

This is another example of a book that I probably wouldn’t have read on my own. It’s dark and gritty and violent and crazy. It’s like an impending train wreck that you cannot look away from. I finished it in two days.  

“The first rule about Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club.”  - Tyler Durden

“The second rule about Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club.” - Tyler Durden

With that said, I guess that you’ll have to read it yourself.  

Unexpected Tangent: Fight Club

You'll need to see the movie, Fight Club, to fully appreciate how funny the Jane Austen's Fight Club video is. If you haven't seen it, check out the preview below.

Guess what? TANGENT! The movie is based on Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Thus it went on my TBR list.

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Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter
Movie Rating: R
Length: 139 minutes