Divergent On Blu-Ray Today

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Divergent
On Blu-Ray Today

by
Dean Burkey

Divergent, the first book from Veronica Roth’s trilogy was recently made into a popular movie, which is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD today. Can also be rented and/or bought at Amazon Instant Video. 

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The Description of the Movie 
on the Amazon Instant Video page says:

“Divergent” is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group.

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That brief description leaves out a lot! Beatrice/Tris Prior is warned that she’s Divergent; and if anyone else finds out about that, she will be killed. Which is way more intense than just not fitting into a particular group. I enjoyed this movie so much that I read the whole trilogy, because I couldn’t wait for the other movies to come out to see what happens next. 

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Where the book and the movie diverge, the book excelled in literary ways; the film in cinematic ways. Each form playing to its particular strengths. Shailene Woodley performs an impeccable portrayal of the tremendous transformation of a timid Abnegation girl into a courageous Dauntless young woman. From zeroine to heroine. 

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The Neil Burger film also stars/features Theo James as Four; Ashley Judd as Natalie; Jai Courtney as Eric; Zoë Kravitz as Christina; Ansel Elgort as Caleb; Maggie Q as Tori; and Kate Winslet as the charming, yet villainous, Jeanine. 

All The Best,

Dean Burkey

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Movie Quotes from IMDB.com: 

Eric: You fight until one of you can’t anymore.

Four: Or until one of you concedes.

Eric: A brave man never backs down.

Four: Lucky for you, that wasn’t a rule when we fought.

Four: You all right?

Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior: You cut me.

Four: I meant to.

Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior: You meant to?

Four: You think he’s going to let you off without a scratch? You’d still be standing there if I hadn’t hit you.

Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior: So am I supposed to thank you?

Four: You’re supposed to be smart. If I wanted to hurt you, I would’ve.

Peter: You wouldn’t shoot me.

Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior: Why do people keep saying that?

Jeanine Matthews: Maybe you’re not as Dauntless as you think you are.

Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior: No. I’m Divergent.

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A Dean Reads Book Review: Malcolm Gladwell’s blink and What the Dog Saw

A Dean Reads Book Review: 
Malcolm Gladwell's 
blink 
(The Power of Thinking
Without Thinking)
and 
What the Dog Saw
(and other adventures)

More fascinating and intriguing books! 

As before, Malcolm Gladwell writes with 
an informative, engaging style 
where he blends a variety of facts, studies, 
and events to make his points and observations. 

“blink” 
(The Power of Thinking Without Thinking) 
wasn’t what I expected. 
I thought that after reading this book, 
I’d have such an enhanced way of thinking, 
it’d be like having “Spider Sense”. 
Like Stan Lee’s web-slinging sensation, 
if I sensed danger, 
I’d know to be careful because 
“My Spidey Sense is tingling like a three-alarm fire!” 

Although the book didn’t grant me 
Spider Powers of any kind, 
I still found it to be another fun read. 
Gladwell explains how certain researchers 
can tell within seconds whether 
a married couple will get divorced, 
or a doctor will be sued for malpractice, 
or whether a teacher will be effective. 

Gladwell talks about “Thin-Slicing” 
and how having too much information 
can be problematic.

I should have written this review 
right after I finished reading, 
so I could recall more with greater detail. 
But I wanted to finish “What the Dog Saw” too. 

So, as far as I know, 
I’ve read all of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. 
And I enjoyed each one. 

My recommendation for anyone who wants to 
read Malcolm Gladwell’s books for the first time: 
If his other books don’t offer a topic 
that immediately grabs you, 
start with “What the Dog Saw”. 

This book presents  a collection of several 
of Gladwell’s articles for “The New Yorker”. 

Each chapter stands on its own. 

Plus, he covers such a wide array of topics: 
How Ron Popeil (The Ronco Guy) 
became so successful. 
Why we have so many varieties of mustard, 
but not of ketchup. 
How one man invests to profit 
from infrequent market crashes. 
(He loses money almost every day of the year. 
But when he wins, he wins big!) 
Hair dye and women’s liberation. 
Effective ways to combat homelessness. 
Criminal profiling! 
And much, much more. 

I found the chapter on choking 
(in the sense of 
suddenly playing badly at sports, 
not in the sense of 
“Help!-Help!-I-Need-The-Heimlich-Maneuver!”) 
versus panicking 
and the chapter on late bloomers 
to be particularly fascinating. 

If you want to gain more insights into how life works, 
read the books of Malcolm Gladwell. 

If you just want to laugh and have a good time, 
read mine. 

All the Best,

Dean Burkey

Other Books by Malcolm Gladwell:

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George Carlin: 
Ever notice when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you, 
but when you take him in a car, 
he sticks his head out the window? 

Jerry Seinfeld: 
Dogs want to be people. 
That’s what their lives are about. 
They don’t like being a dog. 
They’re with people all the time; 
they want to graduate. 
My dog would sit there all day, 
he would watch me walk by; 
he would think to himself, 
“I could do that! He’s not that good.”

Dean Burkey: 
The defense attorney was so vicious, 
he accused a seeing eye dog of leading the witness. 

Mitch Hedberg: 
A dog came to my door, so I gave him a bone. 
The dog took the bone into the back yard and buried it. 
I’m going to go plant a tree there, with bones on it, 
then the dog will come back and say, 
“Shoot! It worked! 
I must distribute these bones equally 
for I have a green paw!”  

Steven Wright: 
I bought a dog the other day. 
I named him Stay. 
It’s fun to call him. 
“Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!” 
He went insane. 
Now he just ignores me and keeps typing. 
He’s an East German Shepherd. 
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A Dean Reads Book Review: Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point

A Dean Reads Book Review: 
Malcolm Gladwell's 
The Tipping Point

(How Little Things
Can Make a Big Difference)

Another fascinating and intriguing book! 

The Book Description on Amazon says: 
“The tipping point is that magic moment 
when an idea, trend, or social behavior 
crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. 
Just as a single sick person 
can start an epidemic of the flu, 
so too can a small but precisely targeted push 
cause a fashion trend, 
the popularity of a new product, 
or a drop in the crime rate. 
This widely acclaimed bestseller, 
in which Malcolm Gladwell explores 
and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, 
is already changing the way people 
throughout the world think 
about selling products and disseminating ideas.”

Gladwell cites the three rules of epidemics: 
The Law of the Few; 
The Stickiness Factor; 
and The Power of Context. 

Other fascinating issues dealt with 
how a handful of kids gave Hush Puppies a resurgence. 
They liked them, because they were retro; 
and no one was else was wearing them. 
But being trendsetters, 
soon most everyone else started wearing them too. 

He even points out why and how 
Paul Revere did a much better job than William Dawes 
of warning the colonists that the British were coming. 
(I dare say that had only William Dawes rode, 
we’d be about due for afternoon tea and crumpets. 
Plus, we’d have to drive on the left side of the road 
and sing Long Live the Queen.) 

Relating to the drop in the crime rate, 
the Broken Windows theory plays a big part. 
This theory which was created 
by criminologists James Q. Wilson 
and George Kelling 
states, as cited by Gladwell: 
“If a window is broken and left unrepaired, 
people walking by will conclude 
that no one cares and no one is in charge. 
Soon, more windows will be broken, 
and the sense of anarchy will spread 
from the building to the street on which it faces, 
sending a signal that anything goes.” 
Gladwell then showed how this theory played out 
regarding the level of crime on New York subways. 
Once the authorities cleaned away the graffiti 
and stopped people from sneaking onboard without paying, 
violent crimes dropped significantly. 
Crazy to think that a little graffiti can get someone killed, 
but that seems to be the case. 

He also talked about 
how Big Bird saved Sesame Street. 

His suggestion for preventing teens 
from becoming addicted to cigarettes 
is for the tobacco companies 
to lower the amount of nicotine they use. 
(But I doubt they’ll do that, 
since they thrive on teens becoming addicted. 
They need a new generation 
to replace the ones that keep dying off.) 

In a sense, 
this book presents another type 
of David and Goliath story 
where little David efforts leads to Goliath outcomes. 

If you want to gain more insights into how life works, 
read the books of Malcolm Gladwell. 

If you just want to laugh and have a good time, 
read mine. 

All the Best,

Dean Burkey

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Brian Regan: 
Reading is hard. 
You ever try that? 
I read good. 
Goodly. 
But I hate when you're trying to read something 
and you come across the expression 
'One thing led to another'. 
What in the h*ll kind of lazy writing is that? 
Isn't that your job as the writer 
to tell me how this led to that? 
You can just throw that in there? 
"Adolf Hitler was rejected as a young man 
on his application to art school... 
One thing led to another... 
And the United States dropped two atomic bombs 
on the sovereign nation of Japan." 
This is some pamphlet!

Ray Divine: 
What can be said about a town 
where bookstores close, 
but tattoo parlors abound? 

Dean Burkey: 
Reading is fun and mental. 

Groucho Marx: 
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. 
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Jim Gaffigan:
You ever talk about a movie 
with someone that read the book? 
They're always so condescending. 
'Ah, the book was much better than the movie.' 
Oh really? 
What I enjoyed about the movie? 
No reading.

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A Dean Reads Book Review: Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath

A Dean Reads Book Review: 
Malcolm Gladwell's 
David and Goliath

(Underdogs, Misfits, 
and the Art of Battling Giants)

What an intriguing and fascinating book! 
Malcolm Gladwell is quickly becoming 
one of my favorite writers. 

After me, 
of course, 
and Stan Lee. 

To hear Malcolm explain it, 
Goliath was the underdog. 
The big guy never stood a chance! 

Thanks to the infantryman versus a slinger scenario. 

Plus, that which gave Goliath his “advantage” 
also gave him his greatest weakness. 

Acromegaly, 
the disease that gave Goliath his giant size, 
also plagued with double vision. 

So all Goliath was to David 
was a giant can’t-be-missed target! 

Gladwell also explains how a computer nerd 
who never played basketball 
coached a team of daughters of computer nerds 
into becoming a winning team. 

And much, much more! 

Did you know that one third 
of all successful entrepreneurs have dyslexia? 

I enjoyed learning about the advantages of disadvantages; 
(and the disadvantages of advantages); 
desirable difficulties; 
and the limits power. 

And how the inverted U-curve relates 
to classroom size, 
family income, 
and alcohol consumption, 
regarding the effectiveness of each. 

Often, 
those in power achieved the opposite effect 
of what they thought their harsh “shows of strength” 
would accomplish. 

All the Best,

Dean Burkey

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Mitch Hedberg: 
Every Book is a children’s book, if the kid can read.

Dean Burkey: 
(From the book “Holy Laughter!”): 
Killing Goliath with a stone 
made David a rock star.

Ray Divine: 
The bigger they are; 
the harder they fart.

Dean Burkey: 
(From the book “Monster Laughs”): 
How could this day go so awry? 
I ate waffles and pie! 
Two pies even. 
A peanut butter chocolate pie 
with added slices of banana; 
and a coconut cream. 
I should be invincible. 
So I’m not going to let 
a little thing like giants ruin my day. 

Steven Wright: 
I was in a job interview 
and I opened a book and started reading. 
Then I said to the guy, 
“Let me ask you a question. 
Suppose you are in a space bus 
traveling at the speed of light, 
and you turn on the headlights--what happens?” 
He said, “How should I know?!” 
I said, “Forget it, I don’t want to work for you.” 

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Another Dean Reads Book Review: The Money Code

Another Dean Reads
Book Review! 
Of H. W. Charles’
The Money Code

Reviewed 

by Dean Burkey

I enjoyed the book “The Money Code (Becoming a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code)” by H. W. Charles. 

(It wasn’t what I expected. I had hoped for a book that would tell me what the stories of the Bible really mean, what they symbolize, especially in way that reveals the secrets to obtaining wealth; like Noah made the ark of gopher wood, so that means we should always have an emergency fund for a rainy day; Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac, which is why we should pay off our high-interest credit cards first; or Moses parted the Red Sea, so we should diversify our assets.) 

Instead though, “The Money Code” explained how and why the Jewish religion helps the Jewish people become wealthy. 

With the Seven Noahide Laws, Gentiles can be considered righteous as well. And by following the principles laid out in “The Money Code”, anyone should be able to become wealthy too. 

Not get rich quick schemes. But sound principles. An excellent resource for those seeking to learn what sets the rich people apart. 

I also recommend “WI$E UP TO Wealth” by Ray Divine for more wisdom of the ages relating to wealth.

All the Best,

Dean

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but I still offered my honest opinion; 
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and demands their money. 
They both grudgingly pull out their wallets 
and begin taking out their cash. 
Just then one guy turns to the other, 
hands him a bill, and says, 
"Here’s that $20 I owe you."

Henny Youngman
A father is explaining ethics to his son, 
who is about to go into business. 
"Suppose a woman comes in 
and orders a hundred dollars worth of material. 
You wrap it up, and you give it to her. 
She pays you with a $100 bill. 
But as she goes out the door you realize 
she’s given you two $100 bills. 
Now, here’s where the ethics come in: 
should you or should you not tell your partner?"

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