Saturday, February 27, 2016

5 elements of effective thinking

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Self help books in general are quick-fix fantasy or common sense or at best some interesting sociological insight.  They are almost nev...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

To Kill A Mocking Bird

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I had not re-read Harper's classic since I was 12 and had to read it for school.  The book is fantastic and everyone should read it agai...
Saturday, February 20, 2016

January Dancer

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Fantastic!  5/5 stars.  Great literature and great space opera.

Glassland

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Terrible 0/5 stars.  Extremely boring.

Steve Jobs

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Disappointing.  The film is a thin slice of an esoteric, minor part of Jobs' greater-than-life story. Barely worth watching, 3/5 star...

Spotlight

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4/5 Stars.  Extremely well-acted, great dialog, pacing, production.  Don't miss this one.
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Against A Dark Background

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The "Culture" space opera writer has written a non-culture book with non-stop combat action but I found the motivations and sto...
Friday, February 12, 2016

Jordan and Lebanon have suddenly new Demographics

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Some remarkable demographics statistics in Jordan and Lebanon are illuminated in  this fascinating article  today. Following in the tradi...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

The Last Colony

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The books in Scalzi's "old man's war" series became boring despite the interesting plot twists and political intrigue...
Saturday, February 6, 2016

River out of Eden

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  Fantastic! 4/5 stars.  Succinct, cogent.