Year: 2007
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Book: Mad Dogs
I returned Mad Dogs by James O’Grady to the library a few weeks ago. I liked the flashbacks in this thriller, which made the reading slightly more than just brain candy. The characters are more memorable than the ending, at least these few weeks later. I’ve heard of Six Days of the Condor, but never…
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Book: A Dangerous Place: California’s Unsettling Fate
Yesterday’s 4.2 magnitude earthquake was reported in today’s Chronicle this way: Quake rattles East Bay. The sub-hed? Magnitude 4.2 temblor causes little damage but may be foreshock Since every earthquake is seen as a possible precursor to the “big one,” the foreshock reference feels like a bit of dramatic license. But I did read A…
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Earthquake woke me up this morning
I woke up to an earthquake this morning. My eyes didn’t snap open, but I woke up, clock says 4:43am, and things kept shaking for maybe 10 seconds more. I could hear things shaking, but nothing fell or was out of order when I got out of bed. I tried to go back to sleep,…
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When you really don’t want to type anymore
The inbox is full of interesting links. If I post them some of them here, maybe I don’t have to stay up looking at all of them. Since I enjoyed Knocked Up so much, I read the New Yorker review after the fact. I don’t read Valleywag unless someone points me to a specific story.…
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Where’s the dot portrait?
This weekend, I read Happy Blogiversary, the Wall Street Journal’s review of 10 years of blogging. I found it first online, pointed to by Scott Karp because Dick Costolo cited Publishing 2.0 as one of his favorites. Skimming it over the weekend, via satellite broadband, the video vignettes embedded in the piece wouldn’t play…the player…
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From those to whom much is given, much is expected
From those to whom much is given, much is expected. Bill Gates quotes his mother’s expression in his 2007 Commencement Address at Harvard. It’s not a new sentiment, but it never hurts to be reminded. Makes me consider my goals in a broader context. Thanks, Anil — we’ve barely met, but I appreciate the sparks…
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Outliers
The wife called attention to the NPR story “Study: Men Talk Just as Much as Women.” Hmmm… we’re not quite the mean here. 😉
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Fun Fourth
The fireworks here in San Francisco are just about wrapped up. I’m not watching them, but I can hear them all the same as I sit relaxing on the couch after a beautiful day up in Healdsburg. The kids loved time in the pool…and so did I. Hope your holiday was great.
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Book: Dragon’s Fire
Anne McCaffrey brought her son Todd into the Pern novels a few years ago. As with many other childhood favorites, I have not kept up, but when I found Dragon’s Fire on the library shelf, I was game. I finished this tale several days ago, and you just can’t go back again (sometimes). I know…
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Book: Nature Girl
Damn, Carl Hiaasen is funny. Nature Girl is his latest, and the one I finished a couple of weeks ago. It is popcorn reading, but Hiaasen is out to entertain — and comes through, which is hard to do consistently.