So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Given how much I was looking forward to reading this book, I’m surprised by the degree to which it surpassed my expectations. It’s an understatement to say that I’m interested in the panopticon to which we […]
Leap First: Creating Work That Matters by Seth Godin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Seth Godin is a philosopher who just happens to mostly philosophize about business and entrepreneurship. Every time I encounter his work, he gains more of my respect. Will definitely re-listen to this one several times. […]
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber My rating: 4 of 5 stars Overall, a valuable addition to the “child raising” section of the bookshelf. Lots of foundation, tactics, and illustrations. It gets the best endorcement I know how to give […]
The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias My rating: 2 of 5 stars I didn’t enjoy this at all. In attempting to be The Only book you’ll need on investing (and personal finance, in general)), the author put himself in the tenuous position of being both an […]
Equality for Men by Glen Poole My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very good as an introduction to men’s issues.Assuming a person (1) can get past the title and (2) isn’t already polarized/radicalized, it’s written with such simplicity and clarity that it’d be hard for them to walk away from […]
Many many moons ago, Kyle asked me to make a few videos on Romania for one of his classes. I did and, for his ease of access, posted them to my YouTube account. There they have stayed. Funny thing about the internet… a few people have found their way to the […]
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Being an earlier work of Vowell’s, this book is more a collection of narrative essays than a single narrative work. Basically Sarah Vowell is Chuck Klosterman but, instead of pop culture and sports, she writes about politics […]
This morning, I started listening to Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen‘ and was blown away from the start. I feel like Andersen was looking into a magic ball and describing the current media climate: fragmentation, piling on, tearing down, and generally producing a more cynical and less-informed world. Here it is, […]
Disclaimer: While this post is mostly a response to a specific article (and subsequent Facebook conversation), it does contain some criticism of feminist theory. Given the subject matter, this is basically impossible to avoid. If you are one who gets upset at hearing third wave feminism criticized, please embrace the […]
So I teamed up with Sean this year to tackle National Novel Writing Month again. While Sean hit his 50k words (way to go, Sean!), I did not. I hit 30k, which is definitely better than I did in 2011, but it was still far short of the goal. For your entertainment, […]
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