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Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The good Interesting new universe. Fun characters. Fun alien races. Cute family feel to the crew of the spaceship. A feel-good story of love, empathy,...
Review: The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis
No matter how bad you thought the Trump administration was, they are much, much worse. This book looks at the damage they’ve done to some of the parts of the gov...
Review: Hannibal by Thomas Harris
The good Hannibal Lecter is one of the most interesting villains in all fiction. And this book focuses almost exclusively on him (unlike Red Dragon, where he’...
Review: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
An amusing, hit-and-miss story of angels, demons, the antichrist, and so on. Some parts of the book work well, and are full of absurd, nonchalant, tongue-in-cheek...
Review: Range by David Epstein
This book pushes back against the idea that hyper specialization and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice at one discipline are the keys to success in the modern w...
Review: Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Al Ries, Jack Trout, and Philip Kotler
The good This is the classic book that popularized the concept of positioning. There are a few nice insights here: Positioning exis...
Review: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
The good Well written. I ready it straight through on one flight. Interesting story that spans hundreds of years across large swaths of the galaxy. Some c...
Review: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
John Irving has a gift for creating unique, memorable, interesting characters and books that feel alive… But the strong religious theme in this one didn’t resonat...
Lessons learned from losing 50 lbs
On January 10, 2019, I weighed in at 223 lbs. On October 20, I weighed in at 173 lbs. That’s 50 pounds lost (22.7 kg) in 10 months.