My reading goal in 2017 started with a desire to finish a number of the books which I had started over the past three years for the purpose of getting them off my "Currently reading" list. On the list, those books which I started before 2017 are marked with an *. I've sorted the books… Continue reading Finishing 50 Books in a Year (2017)
Reading is the cheapest journey you'll ever be able to take. It's an opportunity to visit cities you've never been to, try foods you've never heard of, and meet people you would never be able to meet otherwise. But like all travel, it can be daunting to undertake. It is a harder choice to go… Continue reading The Easiest Way to Travel : five tips to help you read more.
I’ve been racing through the last 300 or so pages of Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. Part of it is because I just want to be finished with it – not that it hasn’t been enjoyable – 600-page books are very, very heavy, and I’m tired of dragging it around with me, both psychologically and physically.… Continue reading 2017.01.09 : a falsehood based on a falsehood based on a falsehood based on a falsehood based on the Bible
There are so many big and important things to say, but I’ve been sick for the last three days, and don’t necessarily show that much sign of getting markedly better any time soon. Today I spent swaddled up to my ears in warm clothing and blankets, with my nose buried in Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum,… Continue reading 2017.01.06 :
I'm new to reading the newspaper. I'm new to watching the news on TV. I'm new to The Daily Show and periodicals. I'm particularly new to business news. We don't get any of the business oriented newspapers at my house, and I wouldn't even look at the front page of the business section of the… Continue reading And then suddenly, business news! (Quartz)
