On this page
you will find a list that roughly details our inspirations and motives or maybe just an old fashioned story about someone or some event that drove us to live this life.
Oh yeah, photos and links, you'll always find photos and links.

Books:

A People's History of the United States, 1492 to present. By Howard Zinn

(JL*) I think I can honestly say this is the first book that literally "changed my life". It is also almost impossible to put down from start to finish and in places so hard to read that the tendancy to throw the book across the room and scream the words "Stupid Monkey" at the top of your lungs is damn near impossible to resist.

Cosmos. By Carl Sagan

(JL*) Dena just recently read this brilliant book by the single most listened to Cosmologist/Astronomer/Idealist in the history of mankind. I read it back in 1985 and what really blew me away about Dena's reading and recounting to me was how definitive Dr. Sagan's science is even today, how it will always be. Because it's science, not faith.

The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor. By John Barth

(JL*) When Dena and I first began our Journey around the Earth we started reading books by then Johns Hopkins Post Modern English Professor John Barth and have since read his entire body of work, with very few exceptions (published essays, et-cet). This writer has set so many standards of influence in both of our lives that it's kind of hard to put a finger on which book of his (many) to recommend. I recommend Somebody the Sailor simply because it was my re-discovery point and Dena's discovery of this incredible story teller.

Life of Pi. By Yann Martel

(JL*)This book is what fiction is all about. It tells a story that is so true that the images are simply branded to the inside of your mind. I will always see Richard Parker in my dreams.

The boat who wouldn't float. By Farly Mowatt
If you ever needed a reason to not buy the boat of your dreams then I'd say you needed to memorise this book

Two Years Before the Mast. By R.H. Dana Jr.

Burr. By Gore Vidal

Film:

Artists:

(JL* Indicates James Lane's humble opinion)