From June, 2009, through June, 2010, I absorbed as much of the world’s most celebrated accomplishments as I could within that time frame:<\/p>\n
70 Days With Hemingway And Me<\/a>, in which I read every one of Hemingway’s novels, from first to last, <\/p>\n 81 Days With Oscar And Me<\/a>, in which I watched every Oscar-winning movie from Wings<\/i> in 1927 through Slumdog Millionaire<\/i> in 2009, <\/p>\n 30 Days With Aristotle And Me<\/a>, in which I studied Aristotle’s classic work for writers, Poetics<\/i>, and<\/p>\n 180 Days With Mozart And Me<\/a>, in which I listened to everything Mozart composed.<\/p>\n I took a year off — because that truly was a grueling schedule — and am now ready to face another year of self-imposed learning. This is my curriculum for 2011-2012: <\/p>\n June 30 – July 26<\/b>: 27 Days With Billy Wilder And Me<\/a>, in which I watch every movie Billy Wilder directed, <\/p>\n