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Rocket Men, An Out of This World Listen
I just finished listening to “Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon”. Written by Craig Nelson and read by Richard McGonagle the audible.com edition was published just in time for the 40th anniversary of our first moon landing. It is by far my favorite audible book of the many I’ve “read”. … Continue reading
Dominick Dunne, And His Several Lives
Timing and Location, Dominick Dunne had them both in spades during his life. But Dunne’s sense of timing failed him at the end. He died the day after Ted Kennedy. [The] spokesman … initially declined to confirm the death, saying the family had hoped to wait a day before making an announcement so that Mr. … Continue reading
Have They Seen The Light? Probably Not Yet.
Several weeks ago we castigated the book publishing industry, and in particular Knoff Doubleday, for the idiocy that passed for their marketing strategy of e-Books. At the time of our post Knoff Doubleday had declined to offer “The Lost Symbol“, Dan Brown’s (author of Da Vinci Code) new book on Amazon’s Kindle until some unspecified … Continue reading
Can A Half Be Better Than A Whole?
Here’s a painting by Rene Maggritte which we’ve used to illustrate simplicity. The more complete explanation of the work is: It’s Not A Pipe, It’s A Painting Of A Pipe. And now a painting by Matthew with Maggritte as inspiration. What he’s drawn is a half-pipe used by snow boarders (and skate boarders) in competition. I … Continue reading
You Book Publishers Think You Are Sooo Intellectual
In a previous post we brought you up to speed on what passes for strategic thinking in the book publishing world regarding electronic editions. Instead of working with distributors like Amazon (Kindle) to develop new business models, the publishers have been screwing their partners by forcing them to sell e-books at a loss, while they increase … Continue reading
Let’s Get Stupid
And I thought the people who publish books were a whole lot smarter than the people who publish music. My Bad! The recent product recall of George Orwell’s 1984 from those Amazon Kindles showed us that anybody can get wrapped up in their DRM underwear. But everyone is getting their panties in a bunch over … Continue reading
Multitasking, Plus Books-On-Servant
This wasn’t going to be a post about multi-tasking, but I got distracted. And then I realized I was…wait for it… multi-tasking! But before we get to multi-tasking, my original purpose was to review an audible.com book. “Audible” books are a great way to spend your time when you are already spending your time. It’s … Continue reading
On The Other Side Of The Table, That Would Be Me
I know great food. I can’t tell you what it is, but I know it when I eat it. The Supremes would approve. Normally, when people write about food there is a drop-dead gorgeous picture of a serving sitting on the plate. It’s always beautiful and mouth-watering. Blah, blah, beautiful, scrumptous, juicy, simmering, yummy, whatever! I … Continue reading
For Those Of You [Not] Living in Rio Linda
As readers of the blog know, I came out of the closet a while back and confessed that I married into a (wonderful) Rio Linda family. Over the past 20+ years I’ve been there more times than I can remember for family functions, holidays, BBQ’s and whatever. As a result, I believe I’ve got the … Continue reading
Behavioral Economics: “Got Quant?”
A continuing topic of interest to this blog are time saving ideas. Last post we discussed a way to cut down on your time spent reading, by aging magazines like a fine wine. The example we used was focused on The Economist magazine. While we managed to gain the upper hand over their Editorial staff, … Continue reading
A Fine Read In The Tradition Of A Fine Wine
When I was still working there was never enough time in the day. Now that I’m retired, there’s even less time. Which makes no sense, but there you have it. So I am always looking for ways to save time, or at least waste less of it. One of my major, serious, time sinks was … Continue reading
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- Weaving A Different Kind of Necklace
- Jumping into Spring
- The Art of Using Natures Bounty to Dye Cloth
- A Shibori Stitched and Felted Wrap
- Faux Fur, Vogue and Verve
- The Perfect Dance, Part 2
- The Perfect Dance
- The Vest That Mysteriously Turned Into A Purse
- Vintage Kimono Baby Booties
- Zipper, Keys, and a Linen Belt Buckle
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