Thursday, October 30, 2008

Obama Articles from Time Magazine

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Couple of really interesting articles from the October 20 issue of Time Magazine... The first is essentially the cover story by David Von Dr...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

"How Tough Could it Be?" & "The Sweet Season" by Austin Murphy

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There were a couple of interesting things from the latest Sports Illustrated... one of them written by an author I've come across in the...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

"Traffic" by Tom Vanderbilt

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It likely wouldn't have been predicted to sell well, but "Traffic" by frequent magazine writer Tom Vanderbilt reached into t...

"For Those About to Write" by Dave Bidini

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It's I'm sure an extremely little known book in the U.S., but I just finished reading "For Those About to Write" from Can...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Various & Sundry Parenting Articles

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A bit of a hodgepodge list, but featured below are links to some various articles I'm come across that deal with parenting (of particula...
Friday, October 17, 2008

"American Wife" by Curtis Sittenfeld

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I tend to be more of a reader of non-fiction books, but try to throw in some fiction here and there to "keep myself honest" and re...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

"The End of Prosperity" Article from Time Magazine

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Really interesting cover story from the Oct 13 issue of Time Magazine titled "The End of Prosperity" . Written by Niall Ferguson, ...
Monday, October 13, 2008

BusinessWeek Magazine - Oct 13 Issue

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Three different (and completely unrelated) features from the recent BusinessWeek that stood out as interesting... 1. "Dangerous Fakes: ...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Sports Illustrated Article on FiveThirtyEight.com

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The Oct 13, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated has a brief piece titled "The Sports-politics Connection" on http://www.fivethirtyei...
Friday, October 10, 2008

Teaching the Bible in Public Schools & Katharine Jefferts Schori interview

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There was a fascinating Time Magazine cover story from April 2007 titled "The Case for Teaching the Bible" about the author's...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) Conference

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I've been hearing about the annual TED conference in Monterey, CA (moving in 2009 to Long Beach) and am just plain fascinated by the who...
Monday, October 06, 2008

Corporate Workplace Culture: the Good (Not the Bad or Ugly)

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While Corporate America often gets a bad rap (justifiably so) for the environment (not CFC-type environment, but employee mattering-type env...
Sunday, October 05, 2008

BusinessWeek Magazine - Sept 22 Issue

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Some interesting stuff from the September 22 issue of BusinessWeek: Piece on Business Exchange , a new portion of the BusinessWeek website w...

Disneyland for Free on Your Birthday

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Entry to Disney Parks (Disneyland, Disneyworld, etc) is free on people's birthdays in 2009. Register in advance and save the $69 adult...
Thursday, October 02, 2008

"Born Standing Up" by Steve Martin

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Having heard Steve Martin's book "Born Standing Up" spoken about in glowing terms on the Howard Stern Show, I decided to give ...
Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Dixie Chicks on the cover of Time Magazine

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It's certainly not recent, but the May 2006 Time cover story on the Dixie Chicks is worth a read. It's a fascinating look at a mode...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Brilliant Sports Illustrated Writing

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Sports Illustrated has provided some great writing over the years (perhaps all of which is now available online at through the SI Vault ), b...
Monday, September 22, 2008

John McCain Fumbles Through Today Show Interview

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So great. My favorite part by far of McCain's bumbling Today Show interview (love that Meredith Vieira) was him talking about the nasty ...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Time Magazine Sept 22: National Service

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Interesting cover story on National Service in the Sept 22 issue of Time Magazine. It beings with an overview from Managing Editor Richard ...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Who's Better... Obama or McCain? Not "Is Palin Interesting?"

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John McCain (and his associated policies, beliefs and inclinations) is running for President against Barack Obama (and his associated polici...